hví
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hví, dative of hvat.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
hví
Usage notes[edit]
- hví fórst tú? - why did you leave?
- hví komst tú henda vegin? - why did you come this way?
- hví grætur tú? - why do you weep?
- hví ikki? - why not?
- eg veit ikki, hví teir fóru - I don't know why they left
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse hví, dative of hvat. Cognate with Faroese hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi, Swedish vi (pre-1906 spelling hvi).
Adverb[edit]
hví
Synonyms[edit]
- (why): hvers vegna, af hverju
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
hví n (genitive singular hvís, nominative plural hví)
Declension[edit]
declension of hví
Related terms[edit]
Categories:
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/iː
- Rhymes:Icelandic/iː/1 syllable
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic adverbs
- Icelandic nouns
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