brattur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse brattr, brantr, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Cognate with Icelandic brattur, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

Adjective

brattur (comparative brattari, superlative brattastur)

  1. steep

Declension

Declension of brattur (a23)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative brattur bratt/
brøtt 		bratt
accusative brattan bratta bratt
dative brattum/
brøttum 		brattari brattum/
brøttum
genitive brats brattar brats
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative brattir brattar bratt/
brøtt
accusative brattar brattar bratt/
brøtt
dative brattum/
brøttum 		brattum/
brøttum 		brattum/
brøttum
genitive bratta bratta bratta

Antonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brattr, brantr, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Cognate with Faroese brattur, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

Adjective

brattur (comparative brattari, superlative brattastur)

  1. steep
    Synonym: hallur
  2. straight, upright
    Synonym: fattur
  3. vigorous, lively
    Synonym: hress

Declension

Positive forms of brattur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative brattur brött bratt
accusative brattan bratta
dative bröttum brattri bröttu
genitive bratts brattrar bratts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative brattir brattar brött
accusative bratta
dative bröttum
genitive brattra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative bratti bratta bratta
acc/dat/gen bratta bröttu
plural (all-case) bröttu
Comparative forms of brattur
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) brattari brattari brattara
plural (all-case) brattari
Superlative forms of brattur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative brattastur bröttust brattast
accusative brattastan brattasta
dative bröttustum brattastri bröttustu
genitive brattasts brattastrar brattasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative brattastir brattastar bröttust
accusative brattasta
dative bröttustum
genitive brattastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative brattasti brattasta brattasta
acc/dat/gen brattasta bröttustu
plural (all-case) bröttustu

Derived terms

  • bera bratt hala sinn (“to hold one's head up high”)
  • bera ekki bratt hala sinn
  • snarbrattur (“precipitous, very steep”)
  • bratti (“steepness”)
  • brattlendi (“steep ground”)

References

  • “brattur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.
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