tristur
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From tríggir (“three”).
Noun[edit]
tristur m (genitive singular trists, plural tristar)
- rowing boat with six oars and three rowers, 18 feet long
- (card games) three
- (stýrivolt) chosen threes (trump threes)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of tristur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tristur | tristurin | tristar | tristarnir |
| accusative | trist | tristin | tristar | tristarnar |
| dative | tristi | tristinum | tristum | tristunum |
| genitive | trists | tristsins | trista | tristanna |
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from French triste, from Latin trīstis.
Adjective[edit]
tristur (comparative tristari, superlative tristastur)
- (colloquial) sad, unhappy
Declension[edit]
| tristur a5 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | tristur | trist | trist |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | tristan | trista | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | tristum | tristari | tristum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (trists) | (tristar/ tristrar) |
(trists) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | tristir | tristar | trist |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | tristar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | tristum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (trista/ tristra) | ||
Synonyms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
tristur oblique singular, f (oblique plural tristurs, nominative singular tristur, nominative plural tristurs)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of tristor