myrkur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate to English murk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪɹ̥kʊr]

Noun

myrkur n (genitive singular myrkurs, uncountable)

1. darkness

Declension

n13s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	myrkur	myrkrið
Accusative	myrkur	myrkrið
Dative	myrkri	myrkrinum
Genitive	myrkurs	myrkursins

Adjective

myrkur (comparative myrkari, superlative myrkastur)

1. dark

Declension

Declension of myrkur (a1)
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	myrkur	myrk	myrkt
Accusative	myrkan	myrka	myrkt
Dative	myrkum	myrkari	myrkum
Genitive	myrks	myrkar	myrks
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	myrkir	myrkar	myrk
Accusative	myrkar	myrkar	myrk
Dative	myrkum	myrkum	myrkum
Genitive	myrka	myrka	myrka

Synonyms

• døkkur
• dimmur

Antonyms

• ljósur

Derived terms

• myrkagulur
• myrkareyður
• myrkagrønur
• myrkabláur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate to English murk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪr̥kʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪr̥kʏr

Adjective

myrkur (comparative myrkari, superlative myrkastur)

1. dark
2. difficult to understand, obscure
3. gloomy

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrkur	myrk	myrkt
accusative	myrkan	myrka	myrkt
dative	myrkum	myrkri	myrku
genitive	myrks	myrkrar	myrks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrkir	myrkar	myrk
accusative	myrka	myrkar	myrk
dative	myrkum	myrkum	myrkum
genitive	myrkra	myrkra	myrkra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrki	myrka	myrka
accusative	myrka	myrku	myrka
dative	myrka	myrku	myrka
genitive	myrka	myrku	myrka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrku	myrku	myrku
accusative	myrku	myrku	myrku
dative	myrku	myrku	myrku
genitive	myrku	myrku	myrku

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrkari	myrkari	myrkara
accusative	myrkari	myrkari	myrkara
dative	myrkari	myrkari	myrkara
genitive	myrkari	myrkari	myrkara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrkari	myrkari	myrkari
accusative	myrkari	myrkari	myrkari
dative	myrkari	myrkari	myrkari
genitive	myrkari	myrkari	myrkari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrkastur	myrkust	myrkast
accusative	myrkastan	myrkasta	myrkast
dative	myrkustum	myrkastri	myrkustu
genitive	myrkasts	myrkastrar	myrkasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrkastir	myrkastar	myrkust
accusative	myrkasta	myrkastar	myrkust
dative	myrkustum	myrkustum	myrkustum
genitive	myrkastra	myrkastra	myrkastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrkasti	myrkasta	myrkasta
accusative	myrkasta	myrkustu	myrkasta
dative	myrkasta	myrkustu	myrkasta
genitive	myrkasta	myrkustu	myrkasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	myrkustu	myrkustu	myrkustu
accusative	myrkustu	myrkustu	myrkustu
dative	myrkustu	myrkustu	myrkustu
genitive	myrkustu	myrkustu	myrkustu

Synonyms

• (dark): dimmur
• (difficult to understand): torskilinn
• (gloomy): þungbúinn

Noun

myrkur n (genitive singular myrkurs, no plural)

1. darkness, the dark
   • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)

     Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.

     And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.