grár

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krauːr/

  Rhymes: -auːr

Adjective

grár (comparative grárri, superlative gráastur)

1. grey, gray

Declension

Positive forms of grár

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	grár	grá	grátt
	accusative	gráan	gráa
	dative	gráum	grárri	gráu
	genitive	grás	grárrar	grás
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gráir	gráar	grá
	accusative	gráa
	dative	gráum
	genitive	grárra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	grái	gráa	gráa
	acc/dat/gen	gráa	gráu
	plural (all-case)	gráu

Comparative forms of grár

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	grárri	grárri	grárra
	plural (all-case)	grárri

Superlative forms of grár

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gráastur	gráust	gráast
	accusative	gráastan	gráasta
	dative	gráustum	gráastri	gráustu
	genitive	gráasts	gráastrar	gráasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gráastir	gráastar	gráust
	accusative	gráasta
	dative	gráustum
	genitive	gráastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gráasti	gráasta	gráasta
	acc/dat/gen	gráasta	gráustu
	plural (all-case)	gráustu

Derived terms

• bæta gráu ofan á svart
• elda grátt silfur
• gráhegri
• launa lambið gráa

See also

Colors in Icelandic · litir (layout · text)

hvítur; mjallhvítur	grár	svartur
rauður; fagurrauður, djúprauður	appelsínugulur, gulrauður, órans (dated); brúnn, dökkbrúnn; fölvi, mórauður	gulur; rjómagulur
gulgrænn, mosagrænn	grænn
blágrænn; grænblár	heiðblár, fagurblár, himinblár, safírblár	blár
fjólublár; dimmfjólublár, indígóblár	blárauður; rauðfjólublár (fjólublár), purpuralitur	bleikur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːr/

Adjective

grár (feminine grá, neuter grátt)

1. grey
2. spiteful

Declension

Contracted forms may later be uncontracted by analogy, especially in later texts, resulting in forms such as gráan instead of grán (masculine accusative singular).

Strong declension of grár

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	grár	grá	grátt
accusative	grán	grá	grátt
dative	grám	grárri	grá
genitive	grás	grárrar	grás
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gráir	grár	grá
accusative	grá	grár	grá
dative	grám	grám	grám
genitive	grárra	grárra	grárra

Weak declension of grár

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	grái	grá	grá
accusative	grá	grá	grá
dative	grá	grá	grá
genitive	grá	grá	grá
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	grá	grá	grá
accusative	grá	grá	grá
dative	grám	grám	grám
genitive	grá	grá	grá

Descendants

• Icelandic: grár
• Faroese: gráur
• Norn: grå, grågi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grå; (dialectal) grår, grår’e, grå’u
• Old Swedish: grār
  • Swedish: grå
• Danish: grå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grå
• Gutnish: graar, grar, gra, graur

See also

Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)

hvítr	grár, hǫss	svartr
rauðr; rauðgulr	brúnn, jarpr	gulr
	grœnn
		blár
víolat

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “grár”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170; also available at the Internet Archive