kvikur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kvikr, Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, whence also English quick. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive). Landt 1800[1] mentions it as typical Faroese in contrast to Danish hurtig.

Adjective

kvikur (comparative kvikari, superlative kvikastur)

  1. swift, rapid, quick
    • hann er kvikur
      he has a quick mind

Declension

Declension of kvikur (a1)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikur kvik kvikt
accusative kvikan kvika kvikt
dative kvikum kvikari kvikum
genitive kviks kvikar kviks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikir kvikar kvik
accusative kvikar kvikar kvik
dative kvikum kvikum kvikum
genitive kvika kvika kvika

References

  1. ^ Jørgen Landt: Forsøg til en Beskrivelse over Færøerne. Copenhagen 1800, reprinted 1965. (p. 249)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kvikr, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz whence also English quick. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰvɪːkʏr/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːkʏr

Adjective

kvikur (comparative kvikari, superlative kvikastur)

  1. alive, lively
  2. quick, fast

Declension

Positive forms of kvikur
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikur kvik kvikt
accusative kvikan kvika
dative kvikum kvikri kviku
genitive kviks kvikrar kviks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikir kvikar kvik
accusative kvika
dative kvikum
genitive kvikra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kviki kvika kvika
acc/dat/gen kvika kviku
plural (all-case) kviku
Comparative forms of kvikur
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) kvikari kvikari kvikara
plural (all-case) kvikari
Superlative forms of kvikur
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikastur kvikust kvikast
accusative kvikastan kvikasta
dative kvikustum kvikastri kvikustu
genitive kvikasts kvikastrar kvikasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikastir kvikastar kvikust
accusative kvikasta
dative kvikustum
genitive kvikastra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikasti kvikasta kvikasta
acc/dat/gen kvikasta kvikustu
plural (all-case) kvikustu

Derived terms