mjúkur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mjúkr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjʉuːkʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʉuːkʊɹ

Adjective

mjúkur (comparative mjúkari, superlative mjúkastur)

1. soft
2. supple, easy to bend
3. gentle, mild

Inflection

Declension of mjúkur (a1)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjúkur	mjúk	mjúkt
accusative	mjúkan	mjúka	mjúkt
dative	mjúkum	mjúkari	mjúkum
genitive	mjúks	mjúkar	mjúks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mjúkir	mjúkar	mjúk
accusative	mjúkar	mjúkar	mjúk
dative	mjúkum	mjúkum	mjúkum
genitive	mjúka	mjúka	mjúka

Synonyms

• bleytur
• veikur

Antonyms

• harður
• hvassur
• sterkur

Derived terms

• dúnmjúkur
• eyðmjúkur
• liðmjúkur
• mjúk rósa (Rosa mollis)
• mjúk sum smør
• mjúk ull
• mjúkt hold
• mjúkt tilfar
• mjúkur sum ein viðja
• mjúkur vindur

Related terms

• mýkja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjúkr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːkʏr/

  Rhymes: -uːkʏr

Adjective

mjúkur (comparative mýkri or (much less common) mjúkari, superlative mýkstur or (much less common) mjúkastur)

1. soft, tender
2. supple

Declension

Positive forms of mjúkur (umlauted-comp)

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mjúkur	mjúk	mjúkt
	accusative	mjúkan	mjúka
	dative	mjúkum	mjúkri	mjúku
	genitive	mjúks	mjúkrar	mjúks
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mjúkir	mjúkar	mjúk
	accusative	mjúka
	dative	mjúkum
	genitive	mjúkra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mjúki	mjúka	mjúka
	acc/dat/gen	mjúka	mjúku
	plural (all-case)	mjúku

Comparative forms of mjúkur (umlauted-comp)

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	mýkri, mjúkari1	mýkri, mjúkari1	mýkra, mjúkara1
	plural (all-case)	mýkri, mjúkari1

¹Much less common.

Superlative forms of mjúkur (umlauted-comp)

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mýkstur, mjúkastur1	mýkst, mjúkust1	mýkst, mjúkast1
	accusative	mýkstan, mjúkastan1	mýksta, mjúkasta1
	dative	mýkstum, mjúkustum1	mýkstri, mjúkastri1	mýkstu, mjúkustu1
	genitive	mýksts, mjúkasts1	mýkstrar, mjúkastrar1	mýksts, mjúkasts1
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mýkstir, mjúkastir1	mýkstar, mjúkastar1	mýkst, mjúkust1
	accusative	mýksta, mjúkasta1
	dative	mýkstum, mjúkustum1
	genitive	mýkstra, mjúkastra1
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mýksti, mjúkasti1	mýksta, mjúkasta1	mýksta, mjúkasta1
	acc/dat/gen	mýksta, mjúkasta1	mýkstu, mjúkustu1
	plural (all-case)	mýkstu, mjúkustu1

¹Much less common.

Derived terms

• mýkja
• mýkt
• silkimjúkur

See also

• harður
• sterkur

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “mjúkur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “mjúkur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “mjúkur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “mjúkur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies