svartur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvaɻ̥ʈʊɹ]

  Rhymes: -aɻ̥ʈʊɹ

Adjective

svartur (comparative svartari, superlative svartastur)

1. black

Declension

Declension of svartur (a21)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svartur	svørt	svart
accusative	svartan	svarta	svart
dative	svørtum	svartari	svørtum
genitive	svarts	svartar/ svartrar	svarts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svartir	svartar	svørt
accusative	svartar	svartar	svørt
dative	svørtum	svørtum	svørtum
genitive	svarta svartra	svarta svartra	svarta svartra

Derived terms

• brúnsvartur (“brownish black”)
• grásvartur (“grayish black”)

Related terms

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

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvar̥tʏr/
• Rhymes: -ar̥tʏr

Adjective

svartur (comparative svartari, superlative svartastur)

1. black
2. under the table (receiving income and not reporting it to the state)

Declension

Positive forms of svartur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	svartur	svört	svart
	accusative	svartan	svarta
	dative	svörtum	svartri	svörtu
	genitive	svarts	svartrar	svarts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	svartir	svartar	svört
	accusative	svarta
	dative	svörtum
	genitive	svartra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	svarti	svarta	svarta
	acc/dat/gen	svarta	svörtu
	plural (all-case)	svörtu

Comparative forms of svartur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	svartari	svartari	svartara
	plural (all-case)	svartari

Superlative forms of svartur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	svartastur	svörtust	svartast
	accusative	svartastan	svartasta
	dative	svörtustum	svartastri	svörtustu
	genitive	svartasts	svartastrar	svartasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	svartastir	svartastar	svörtust
	accusative	svartasta
	dative	svörtustum
	genitive	svartastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	svartasti	svartasta	svartasta
	acc/dat/gen	svartasta	svörtustu
	plural (all-case)	svörtustu

Derived terms

• sorta (“black dye”)
• sorti (“darkness; dark weather”)
• sortna (“to darken”)
• surtur (“nigger”)
• Svartfjallaland n (“Montenegro”, literally “Black Mountain Land”)
• sverta (“to make black, to make dark”)
• svertingi (“black person”)
• syrta (“to grow dark”)

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