leysur

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

leysur (comparative leysari, superlative leysastur)

  1. loose
  2. free
  3. untethered

Inflection[edit]

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Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) leysur leys leyst
Accusative (hvønnfall) leysan leysa
Dative (hvørjumfall) leysum leysari leysum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (leys) (leysar/
leysrar)
(leys)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) leysir leysar leys
Accusative (hvønnfall) leysar
Dative (hvørjumfall) leysum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (leysa/
leysra)

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (leysur)