blár

See also: blàr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blár, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plauːr/
• Rhymes: -auːr

Adjective

blár (comparative blárri, superlative bláastur)

1. blue

Declension

Positive forms of blár

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	blár	blá	blátt
	accusative	bláan	bláa
	dative	bláum	blárri	bláu
	genitive	blás	blárrar	blás
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	bláir	bláar	blá
	accusative	bláa
	dative	bláum
	genitive	blárra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	blái	bláa	bláa
	acc/dat/gen	bláa	bláu
	plural (all-case)	bláu

Comparative forms of blár

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	blárri	blárri	blárra
	plural (all-case)	blárri

Superlative forms of blár

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	bláastur	bláust	bláast
	accusative	bláastan	bláasta
	dative	bláustum	bláastri	bláustu
	genitive	bláasts	bláastrar	bláasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	bláastir	bláastar	bláust
	accusative	bláasta
	dative	bláustum
	genitive	bláastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	bláasti	bláasta	bláasta
	acc/dat/gen	bláasta	bláustu
	plural (all-case)	bláustu

Derived terms

compounds

• blámaður m
• fagurblár
• fjólublár
• heiðblár
• himinblár
• ljósblár
• safírblár

See also

Colors in Icelandic · litir (layout · text)

hvítur; mjallhvítur	grár	svartur
rauður; fagurrauður, djúprauður	appelsínugulur, gulrauður, órans (dated); brúnn, dökkbrúnn; fölvi, mórauður	gulur; rjómagulur
gulgrænn, mosagrænn	grænn
blágrænn; grænblár	heiðblár, fagurblár, himinblár, safírblár	blár
fjólublár; dimmfjólublár, indígóblár	blárauður; rauðfjólublár (fjólublár), purpuralitur	bleikur

References

• “blár” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, whence also Old English bleow, blāw, Old High German blāo (German blau).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈblɑːr/

Adjective

blár

1. blue, often denoting a dark colour, blue-black, black

Declension

Strong declension of blár

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blár	blá	blátt
accusative	bláan	bláa	blátt
dative	bláum	blárri	bláu
genitive	blás	blárrar	blás
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláir	bláar	blá
accusative	bláa	bláar	blá
dative	bláum	bláum	bláum
genitive	blárra	blárra	blárra

Weak declension of blár

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blái	bláa	bláa
accusative	bláa	bláu	bláa
dative	bláa	bláu	bláa
genitive	bláa	bláu	bláa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláu	bláu	bláu
accusative	bláu	bláu	bláu
dative	bláum	bláum	bláum
genitive	bláu	bláu	bláu

Descendants

• Icelandic: blár
• Faroese: bláur
• Norn: blå
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blå; (dialectal) blår, blår’e, blå’u
• Norwegian Bokmål: blå
• Jamtish: błá
• Elfdalian: blå
• Old Swedish: blār
  • Swedish: blå
• Old Danish: blā
  • Danish: blå
• Gutnish: blåar, blaar
• Scanian: bláer
• → Middle English: bla, blaa, blo, bloo
  • Scots: blae, bla

See also

Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)

hvítr	grár, hǫss	svartr
rauðr; rauðgulr	brúnn, jarpr	gulr
	grœnn
		blár
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