fjørður

Kollafjørður

See also: fjörður

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfjøːɹʊɹ]

  Rhymes: -øːɹʊɹ

Noun

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

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