eyður
See also: Eyður
Faroese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse auðr, from Proto-Germanic *audaz whence also Icelandic auður. Cognate with Old Saxon ōd; Old English ēad (“happiness”); Old High German ōt.
Noun
eyður m (genitive singular eyðs, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of eyður (singular only) | ||
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m6s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | eyður | eyðurin |
accusative | eyð | eyðin |
dative | eyði | eyðinum |
genitive | eyðs | eyðsins |
Etymology 2
From Old Norse auðr (“desolate”), from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz whence also Icelandic auður, Norwegian aud and ød, Danish ød, Swedish öd. Cognate with Old English ēaþ, īeþe, and Old High German ōdi.
Adjective
eyður (comparative eyðari, superlative eyðastur)
Inflection
eyður a15 | |||
Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
Nominative (hvørfall) | eyður | eyð | eytt |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | eyðan | eyða | |
Dative (hvørjumfall) | eyðum | eyðari | eyðum |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (eyðs) | (eyðar) | (eyðs) |
Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
Nominative (hvørfall) | eyðir | eyðar | eyð |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | eyðar | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | eyðum | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (eyða) |