fjørður

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Kollafjørður
See also: fjörður

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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
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