mætur

See also: matur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mætr, from Proto-Germanic *mētiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛaːʰtʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːʰtʊɹ
  • Homophone: matur

Adjective

mætur (comparative mætari, superlative mætastur)

  1. notable, valuable, mighty, excellent
  2. good, nice

Declension

Declension of mætur (a1)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætur mæt mætt
accusative mætan mæta mætt
dative mætum mætari mætum
genitive mæts mætar mæts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætir mætar mæt
accusative mætar mætar mæt
dative mætum mætum mætum
genitive mæta mæta mæta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mætr, from Proto-Germanic *mētiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaiːtʏr/
  • Rhymes: -aiːtʏr

Adjective

mætur (comparative mætari, superlative mætastur)

  1. respected, distinguished

Declension

Positive forms of mætur
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætur mæt mætt
accusative mætan mæta
dative mætum mætri mætu
genitive mæts mætrar mæts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætir mætar mæt
accusative mæta
dative mætum
genitive mætra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mæti mæta mæta
acc/dat/gen mæta mætu
plural (all-case) mætu
Comparative forms of mætur
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) mætari mætari mætara
plural (all-case) mætari
Superlative forms of mætur
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætastur mætust mætast
accusative mætastan mætasta
dative mætustum mætastri mætustu
genitive mætasts mætastrar mætasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætastir mætastar mætust
accusative mætasta
dative mætustum
genitive mætastra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætasti mætasta mætasta
acc/dat/gen mætasta mætustu
plural (all-case) mætustu

Noun

mætur f pl (plural only, genitive plural mæta)

  1. only used in set phrases

Usage notes

Declension

Declension of mætur (pl-only feminine)
plural
indefinite definite
nominative mætur mæturnar
accusative mætur mæturnar
dative mætum mætunum
genitive mæta mætanna

Derived terms

  • hafa mætur á, hafa miklar mætur á (to prize someone highly)