hvítur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvʊiːjtʊɹ]

Adjective

hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur)

1. white

Declension

Declension of hvítur (a1)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítur	hvít	hvítt
accusative	hvítan	hvíta	hvítt
dative	hvítum	hvítari	hvítum
genitive	hvíts	hvítar	hvíts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítir	hvítar	hvít
accusative	hvítar	hvítar	hvít
dative	hvítum	hvítum	hvítum
genitive	hvíta	hvíta	hvíta

Derived terms

• hvítligur

Related terms

• bláur (“blue”)
• brúnur (“brown”)
• gráur (“grey”)
• grønur (“green”)
• gulur (“yellow”)
• litur m (“colour”)
• reyður (“red”)
• silvurlittur
• svartur (“black”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷiːtʏr/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰviːtʏr/

  Rhymes: -iːtʏr

Adjective

hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur)

1. white

   Hún var hvít sem snjór.

   She was white as snow.

Declension

Positive forms of hvítur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hvítur	hvít	hvítt
	accusative	hvítan	hvíta
	dative	hvítum	hvítri	hvítu
	genitive	hvíts	hvítrar	hvíts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hvítir	hvítar	hvít
	accusative	hvíta
	dative	hvítum
	genitive	hvítra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hvíti	hvíta	hvíta
	acc/dat/gen	hvíta	hvítu
	plural (all-case)	hvítu

Comparative forms of hvítur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	hvítari	hvítari	hvítara
	plural (all-case)	hvítari

Superlative forms of hvítur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hvítastur	hvítust	hvítast
	accusative	hvítastan	hvítasta
	dative	hvítustum	hvítastri	hvítustu
	genitive	hvítasts	hvítastrar	hvítasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hvítastir	hvítastar	hvítust
	accusative	hvítasta
	dative	hvítustum
	genitive	hvítastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hvítasti	hvítasta	hvítasta
	acc/dat/gen	hvítasta	hvítustu
	plural (all-case)	hvítustu

Derived terms

• hrímhvítur (“rime-white, snow white”)
• hvítabjörn m (“polar bear”)
• Hvítarússland (“White Russia”)
• hvítasunna f (“Whitsun, Whitsuntide”)
• hvítblæði n (“leukaemia”)
• hvítkál n (“white cabbage”) (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba)
• hvítlaukur m (“garlic”)
• hvítna (“to turn white; to pale”)
• hvítrússneska (“Byelorussian”)
• hvítstorkur (“a white stork”)
• hvítur fyrir hærunum (“with greying hair”)
• hvítvín n (“white wine”)
• sjá eitthvað svart á hvítu (“to see something in black and white”)
• svart á hvítu (“black and white”)

Related terms

• hvíta (“white of an egg”)

See also

• hæra

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