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

hvítur a1
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	hvítur	hvít	hvítt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	hvítan	hvíta
Dative (hvørjumfall)	hvítum	hvítari	hvítum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(hvíts)	(hvítar)	(hvíts)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	hvítir	hvítar	hvít
Accusative (hvønnfall)	hvítar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	hvítum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(hvíta)

Derived terms

• hvítligur

Related terms

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

 

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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.

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítur	hvít	hvítt
accusative	hvítan	hvíta	hvítt
dative	hvítum	hvítri	hvítu
genitive	hvíts	hvítrar	hvíts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítir	hvítar	hvít
accusative	hvíta	hvítar	hvít
dative	hvítum	hvítum	hvítum
genitive	hvítra	hvítra	hvítra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvíti	hvíta	hvíta
accusative	hvíta	hvítu	hvíta
dative	hvíta	hvítu	hvíta
genitive	hvíta	hvítu	hvíta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítu	hvítu	hvítu
accusative	hvítu	hvítu	hvítu
dative	hvítu	hvítu	hvítu
genitive	hvítu	hvítu	hvítu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítari	hvítari	hvítara
accusative	hvítari	hvítari	hvítara
dative	hvítari	hvítari	hvítara
genitive	hvítari	hvítari	hvítara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítari	hvítari	hvítari
accusative	hvítari	hvítari	hvítari
dative	hvítari	hvítari	hvítari
genitive	hvítari	hvítari	hvítari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítastur	hvítust	hvítast
accusative	hvítastan	hvítasta	hvítast
dative	hvítustum	hvítastri	hvítustu
genitive	hvítasts	hvítastrar	hvítasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítastir	hvítastar	hvítust
accusative	hvítasta	hvítastar	hvítust
dative	hvítustum	hvítustum	hvítustum
genitive	hvítastra	hvítastra	hvítastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítasti	hvítasta	hvítasta
accusative	hvítasta	hvítustu	hvítasta
dative	hvítasta	hvítustu	hvítasta
genitive	hvítasta	hvítustu	hvítasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvítustu	hvítustu	hvítustu
accusative	hvítustu	hvítustu	hvítustu
dative	hvítustu	hvítustu	hvítustu
genitive	hvítustu	hvítustu	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