tristur

Faroese

Etymology 1

From tríggir (“three”).

Noun

tristur m (genitive singular trists, plural tristar)

1. rowing boat with six oars and three rowers, 18 feet long
2. (card games) three
3. (stýrivolt) chosen threes (trump threes)

Declension

Declension of tristur
m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tristur	tristurin	tristar	tristarnir
accusative	trist	tristin	tristar	tristarnar
dative	tristi	tristinum	tristum	tristunum
genitive	trists	tristsins	trista	tristanna

Synonyms

• tríu, tríur

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.

Adjective

tristur (comparative tristari, superlative tristastur)

1. (colloquial) sad, unhappy

Declension

tristur a5
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	tristur	trist	trist
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tristan	trista
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tristum	tristari	tristum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(trists)	(tristar/ tristrar)	(trists)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	tristir	tristar	trist
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tristar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tristum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(trista/ tristra)

Synonyms

• illa hýrdur, dapur, óglaður

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Old French

Noun

tristur oblique singular, f (oblique plural tristurs, nominative singular tristur, nominative plural tristurs)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of tristor