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

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Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	svartur	svørt	svart
Accusative (hvønnfall)	svartan	svarta
Dative (hvørjumfall)	svørtum	svartari	svørtum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(svarts)	(svartar/ svartrar)	(svarts)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	svartir	svartar	svørt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	svartar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	svørtum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(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”)

 

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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

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svartur	svört	svart
accusative	svartan	svarta	svart
dative	svörtum	svartri	svörtu
genitive	svarts	svartrar	svarts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svartir	svartar	svört
accusative	svarta	svartar	svört
dative	svörtum	svörtum	svörtum
genitive	svartra	svartra	svartra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svarti	svarta	svarta
accusative	svarta	svörtu	svarta
dative	svarta	svörtu	svarta
genitive	svarta	svörtu	svarta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svörtu	svörtu	svörtu
accusative	svörtu	svörtu	svörtu
dative	svörtu	svörtu	svörtu
genitive	svörtu	svörtu	svörtu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svartari	svartari	svartara
accusative	svartari	svartari	svartara
dative	svartari	svartari	svartara
genitive	svartari	svartari	svartara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svartari	svartari	svartari
accusative	svartari	svartari	svartari
dative	svartari	svartari	svartari
genitive	svartari	svartari	svartari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svartastur	svörtust	svartast
accusative	svartastan	svartasta	svartast
dative	svörtustum	svartastri	svörtustu
genitive	svartasts	svartastrar	svartasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svartastir	svartastar	svörtust
accusative	svartasta	svartastar	svörtust
dative	svörtustum	svörtustum	svörtustum
genitive	svartastra	svartastra	svartastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svartasti	svartasta	svartasta
accusative	svartasta	svörtustu	svartasta
dative	svartasta	svörtustu	svartasta
genitive	svartasta	svörtustu	svartasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	svörtustu	svörtustu	svörtustu
accusative	svörtustu	svörtustu	svörtustu
dative	svörtustu	svörtustu	svörtustu
genitive	svörtustu	svörtustu	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”)