vinur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Germanic *winiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈviːnʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -iːnʊɹ

Noun

vinur m (genitive singular vinar, plural vinir)

1. friend

Declension

m12	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vinur	vinurin	vinir	vinirnir
Accusative	vin	vinin	vinir	vinirnar
Dative	vini	vininum	vinum	vinunum
Genitive	vinar	vinarins	vina	vinanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vinr, Proto-Germanic *winiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɪːnʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪːnʏr

Noun

vinur m (genitive singular vinar, plural vinir)

1. a friend ^deriv. syn.

   Þú ert vinur minn.

   You are my friend.

   Þú ert góður vinur.

   You are a good friend.

2. (colloquial, slang, often used with a definite article) mate, lad, an affectionate moniker for a close friend or pal, especially used as a form of address ^syn.

   Jæja vinurinn, ætli maður fari ekki að koma sér af stað.

   Well mate, I guess one should get going.

Declension

declension of vinur

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vinur	vinurinn	vinir	vinirnir
accusative	vin	vininn	vini	vinina
dative	vini / vin	vininum	vinum	vinunum
genitive	vinar	vinarins	vina	vinanna

Synonyms

• (friend): ^def. deriv. máti, félagi, kumpáni
• (mate): ^def. kall (kallinn), gaur, kjell (kjellinn)

Derived terms

(friend): ^def. syn. derived terms

besti vinur mannsins viðskiptavinur viðskiptamaður vinablóm vinabragð vinabær vinafár m, vinafá f, vinafátt n vinafífill vinafólk vinagras vinahót vinalegur m, vinaleg f, vinalegt n vinalega vinalæti vinan vinaperla vinarbragð vinartoddi vinarþel vinátta leggja vináttu

vinga vera vingaður við vingan vingóður m, vingóð f, vingott n vingur m, ving f, vingt n vingæði vingæfur m, vingæf f, vingæft n vinheill m, vinheil f, vinheilt n vinhollur m, vinholl f, vinholt n vinhróðugur m, vinhróðug f, vinhróðugt n vinur í raun vinkona vinmál vinmargur m, vinmörg f, vinmargt n pennavinur skiptavinur óvinur æskuvinur