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fagur

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (to fasten, place).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fagur (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastur)

  1. beautiful, fair, pulchritudinous
    fagrir litir
    beautiful colors
    alt er í fagrasta lagi
    all is in best order
  2. (weather) very good
    veðrið var av fagrasta
    the weather was of the best
  3. (literature) about fiction
    fagrar bókmentir
    fiction

Declension

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Declension of fagur (a29)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fagur føgur fagurt
accusative fagran fagra fagurt
dative føgrum fagrari føgrum
genitive fagurs fagrar fagurs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fagrir fagrar føgur
accusative fagrar fagrar føgur
dative føgrum føgrum føgrum
genitive fagra fagra fagra

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (to fasten, place).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fagur (comparative fegurri or (poetic) fegri, superlative fegurstur)

  1. beautiful, fair
    Synonyms: fallegur, fríður

Declension

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Positive forms of fagur (umlauted-comp)
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fagur fögur fagurt
accusative fagran fagra
dative fögrum fagurri fögru
genitive fagurs fagurrar fagurs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fagrir fagrar fögur
accusative fagra
dative fögrum
genitive fagurra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fagri fagra fagra
acc/dat/gen fagra fögru
plural (all-case) fögru
Comparative forms of fagur (umlauted-comp)
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) fegurri, fegri1 fegurri, fegri1 fegurra, fegra1
plural (all-case) fegurri, fegri1

1Poetic.

Superlative forms of fagur (umlauted-comp)
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegurstur fegurst fegurst
accusative fegurstan fegursta
dative fegurstum fegurstri fegurstu
genitive fegursts fegurstrar fegursts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegurstir fegurstar fegurst
accusative fegursta
dative fegurstum
genitive fegurstra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegursti fegursta fegursta
acc/dat/gen fegursta fegurstu
plural (all-case) fegurstu

Derived terms

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Romanian

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Noun

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fagur m (plural faguri)

  1. alternative form of fagure

Declension

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Declension of fagur
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative fagur fagurul faguri fagurii
genitive-dative fagur fagurului faguri fagurilor
vocative fagurule fagurilor