fölur
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fölur (comparative fölari or (archaic/obsolete) fölvari, superlative fölastur or (archaic/obsolete) fölvastur)
- pale, off-colour, pallid, wan
- Synonym: bleikur (archaic)
Declension
[edit]positive forms of fölur
strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | fölur | föl | fölt | |
accusative | fölan, fölvan1 | föla, fölva1 | ||
dative | fölum, fölvum1 | fölri | fölu, fölvu1 | |
genitive | föls | fölrar | föls | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | fölir, fölvir1 | fölar, fölvar1 | föl | |
accusative | föla, fölva1 | |||
dative | fölum, fölvum1 | |||
genitive | fölra | |||
weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | föli, fölvi1 | föla, fölva1 | föla, fölva1 | |
acc/dat/gen | föla, fölva1 | fölu, fölvu1 | ||
plural (all-case) | fölu, fölvu1 |
1Archaic/obsolete.
superlative forms of fölur
strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | fölastur, fölvastur1 | fölust, fölvust1 | fölast, fölvast1 | |
accusative | fölastan, fölvastan1 | fölasta, fölvasta1 | ||
dative | fölustum, fölvustum1 | fölastri, fölvastri1 | fölustu, fölvustu1 | |
genitive | fölasts, fölvasts1 | fölastrar, fölvastrar1 | fölasts, fölvasts1 | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | fölastir, fölvastir1 | fölastar, fölvastar1 | fölust, fölvust1 | |
accusative | fölasta, fölvasta1 | |||
dative | fölustum, fölvustum1 | |||
genitive | fölastra, fölvastra1 | |||
weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fölasti, fölvasti1 | fölasta, fölvasta1 | fölasta, fölvasta1 | |
acc/dat/gen | fölasta, fölvasta1 | fölustu, fölvustu1 | ||
plural (all-case) | fölustu, fölvustu1 |
1Archaic/obsolete.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “fölur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
- “fölur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- “fölur”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024
- “fölur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)
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