feigur

Faroese

Etymology

From the Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Cognates include Old High German feigi (German feige (“cowardly”)); Old English fǣge (English fey) and Dutch veeg. Compare feig.

Adjective

feigur (comparative feigari, superlative feigastur)

  1. fey, doomed to death; fated to die, bound by death, death-bound

Declension

Declension of feigur (a1)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigur feig feigt
accusative feigan feiga feigt
dative feigum feigari feigum
genitive feigs feigar feigs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigir feigar feig
accusative feigar feigar feig
dative feigum feigum feigum
genitive feiga feiga feiga
Weak adjectival inflection of feigur
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigi feiga feiga
accusative feiga feigu
dative
genitive
plural all genders
all cases feigu

Icelandic

Etymology

From the synonymous Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Cognates include Old High German feigi (German feige (“cowardly”)); Old English fǣge (English fey) and Dutch veeg. Compare feig.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eiːɣʏr

Adjective

feigur (comparative feigari, superlative feigastur)

  1. fey, doomed to death; fated to die, bound by death, death-bound
  2. (archaic) dead

Declension

Positive forms of feigur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigur feig feigt
accusative feigan feiga
dative feigum feigri feigu
genitive feigs feigrar feigs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigir feigar feig
accusative feiga
dative feigum
genitive feigra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigi feiga feiga
acc/dat/gen feiga feigu
plural (all-case) feigu
Comparative forms of feigur
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) feigari feigari feigara
plural (all-case) feigari
Superlative forms of feigur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigastur feigust feigast
accusative feigastan feigasta
dative feigustum feigastri feigustu
genitive feigasts feigastrar feigasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigastir feigastar feigust
accusative feigasta
dative feigustum
genitive feigastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigasti feigasta feigasta
acc/dat/gen feigasta feigustu
plural (all-case) feigustu

Derived terms

  • allt sýnist feigum fært (“all seems possible to those bound by death”)
  • bráðfeigur
  • ekki verður feigum forðað
  • hraðfeigur
  • ófeigur
  • vilja einhvern feigan (“to wish someone dead”)

See also

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