fjörður
See also: fjørður
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfjœrðʏr]
- Rhymes: -œrðʏr
Noun
fjörður m (genitive singular fjarðar, nominative plural firðir) or
(regional) fjörður f pl (plural only, genitive plural (regional) fjarða)
Usage notes
- For the regional feminine inflection, compare fótur, vetur, fingur, faðir, bróðir and to a lesser extent to nouns ending in -andi or -jandi.
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fjörður | fjörðurinn | firðir | firðirnir |
| accusative | fjörð | fjörðinn | firði, fjörðu1 | firðina, fjörðuna1 |
| dative | firði | firðinum | fjörðum | fjörðunum |
| genitive | fjarðar | fjarðarins | fjarða | fjarðanna |
1Archaic or literary.
| plural | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fjörður1 | fjörðurnar1 |
| accusative | fjörður1 | fjörðurnar1 |
| dative | fjörðum1 | fjörðunum1 |
| genitive | fjarða1 | fjarðanna1 |
1Regional.
References
- 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), “fjörður”, 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
- “fjörður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)