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fjørður

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See also: fjörður

Faroese

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Kollafjørður

Etymology

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From Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fjørður m (genitive singular fjarðar, plural firðir)

  1. fjord, firth
    Hann hevur rógvið sín fjørð.
    He has rowed his fjord (= he's dead).
  2. broad sound between two islands
  3. area at the coast of a fjord

Declension

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Declension of fjørður (m46)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fjørður fjørðurin firðir firðirnir
accusative fjørð fjørðin firðir firðirnar
dative firði firðinum fjørðum, firðum fjørðunum, firðunum
genitive fjarðar fjarðarins fjarða fjarðanna