spakur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse spakr, from Proto-Germanic *spakaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛaːʰkʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːʰkʊɹ
  • Hyphenation: spa‧kur

Adjective

spakur (comparative spakari, superlative spakastur)

  1. calm, mild, placid, peacable, quiet, sedate, staid, tranquil
  2. (of animals) submissive, tame
  3. (poetic) intelligent, sensible, wise
    Synonym: vitur
  4. (of current) feeble, weak

Declension

Declension of spakur (a9)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakur spøk spakt
accusative spakan spaka spakt
dative spøkum spakari spøkum
genitive spaks spakar/
spakrar
spaks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakir spakar spøk
accusative spakar spakar spøk
dative spøkum spøkum spøkum
genitive spaka
spakra
spaka
spakra
spaka
spakra

References

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse spakr (wise, mild).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspaːkʏr/
  • Rhymes: -aːkʏr

Adjective

spakur (comparative spakari, superlative spakastur)

  1. wise

Declension

Positive forms of spakur
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakur spök spakt
accusative spakan spaka
dative spökum spakri spöku
genitive spaks spakrar spaks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakir spakar spök
accusative spaka
dative spökum
genitive spakra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spaki spaka spaka
acc/dat/gen spaka spöku
plural (all-case) spöku
Comparative forms of spakur
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) spakari spakari spakara
plural (all-case) spakari
Superlative forms of spakur
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakastur spökust spakast
accusative spakastan spakasta
dative spökustum spakastri spökustu
genitive spakasts spakastrar spakasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakastir spakastar spökust
accusative spakasta
dative spökustum
genitive spakastra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakasti spakasta spakasta
acc/dat/gen spakasta spökustu
plural (all-case) spökustu