veðurfastur

Faroese

Etymology

Compound of veður (‘weather’) and fastur (‘fixed, fast, firm’)

Adjective

veðurfastur

1. ‘weather-fastened’ (when the weather conditions prevent one's getting away from a place)

   Hann situr veðurfastur her. ― He sits ‘weather-fastened’ here [can't move from here due to the weather]

   • Hon situr veðurføst har uppi.

     She sits ‘weather fastned’ up there (can't move from there due to the weather).

   • Veðurføst is the title of the first play in Faroese language by Helena Patursson 1889

Declension

veðurfastur a21
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	veðurfastur	veðurføst	veðurfast
Accusative (hvønnfall)	veðurfastan	veðurfasta
Dative (hvørjumfall)	veðurføstum	veðurfastari	veðurføstum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(veðurfasts)	(veðurfastar/ veðurfastrar)	(veðurfasts)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	veðurfastir	veðurfastar	veðurføst
Accusative (hvønnfall)	veðurfastar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	veðurføstum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(veðurfasta veðurfastra)