fjara

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fjara.

Pronunciation

Noun

fjara f (genitive singular fjaru, uncountable)

  1. ebb
  2. beach

Declension

Declension of fjara (singular only)
f1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative fjara fjaran
accusative fjaru fjaruna
dative fjaru fjaruni
genitive fjaru fjarunnar

Synonyms

Verb

fjara (third person singular past indicative fjaraði, third person plural past indicative fjarað, supine fjarað)

  1. to ebb away

Conjugation

Conjugation of fjara (group v-30)
infinitive fjara
supine fjarað
participle (a6)1 fjarandi fjaraður
present past
first singular fjari fjaraði
second singular fjarar fjaraði
third singular fjarar fjaraði
plural fjara fjaraðu
imperative
singular fjara!
plural fjarið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

fjara f (genitive singular fjöru, nominative plural fjörur)

  1. low tide
  2. beach, shore

Declension

Verb

fjara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fjaraði, supine fjarað)

  1. to ebb

Conjugation


Old Norse

Noun

fjara f

  1. an ebb-tide, ebb
  2. fore shore, beach

Declension

Descendants

  • Faroese: fjara
  • Icelandic: fjara
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjære
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjøre (from gen. fjǫru)

References

  • fjara”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press