eyga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛiːja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛiːja
  • Homophone: eygað

Noun

eyga n (genitive singular eyga, plural eygu)

  1. eye
    gløgt er gestsins eyga
    a guest/foreigner notices more than others
    (literally, “clear is the guest's eye”)
  2. view
  3. (plural only) face
  4. stitch
  5. small hollow in a cliff

Declension

n1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eyga eygað eygu, eygur eyguni
accusative eyga eygað eygu, eygur eyguni
dative eyga eyganum eygum eygunum
genitive eyga eygans eygna eygnanna

Derived terms

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