vinur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Germanic *winiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːnʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -iːnʊɹ

Noun

vinur m (genitive singular vinar, plural vinir)

1. friend

Declension

Declension of vinur (m12)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vinur	vinurin	vinir	vinirnir
accusative	vin	vinin	vinir	vinirnar
dative	vini	vininum	vinum	vinunum
genitive	vinar	vinarins	vina	vinanna

Synonyms

• frændi

Antonyms

• óvinur
• fíggindi

Derived terms

• vinmaður
• vinkona
• vinalag
• vinskapur
• vinaband
• bókavinur
• djóravinur
• hjartavinur
• matvinur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vinr, Proto-Germanic *winiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪːnʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪːnʏr

Noun

vinur m (genitive singular vinar, nominative plural vinir)

1. friend

   Synonyms: máti, félagi, kumpáni

   Þú ert vinur minn.

   You are my friend.

   Þú ert góður vinur.

   You are a good friend.

2. (colloquial, slang, somewhat old-fashioned, often used with a definite article) mate, lad, an affectionate moniker for a close friend or pal, especially used as a form of address

   Synonyms: kall (often in the definite form kallinn), gaur, kjell (often in the definite form kjellinn)

   Jæja vinurinn, ætli maður fari ekki að koma sér af stað.

   Well mate, I guess we should get going.

Declension

Declension of vinur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vinur	vinurinn	vinir	vinirnir
accusative	vin	vininn	vini	vinina
dative	vini, vin	vininum	vinum	vinunum
genitive	vinar	vinarins	vina	vinanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• besti vinur mannsins
• viðskiptavinur
• viðskiptamaður
• vinablóm
• vinabragð
• vinabær
• vinafár m, vinafá f, vinafátt n
• vinafífill
• vinafólk
• vinagras
• vinahót
• vinalegur m, vinaleg f, vinalegt n
• vinalega
• vinalæti
• vinan
• vinaperla
• vinarbragð
• vinartoddi
• vinarþel
• vinátta

  leggja vináttu

• vinga

  vera vingaður við

• vingan
• vingóður m, vingóð f, vingott n
• vingur m, ving f, vingt n
• vingæði
• vingæfur m, vingæf f, vingæft n
• vinheill m, vinheil f, vinheilt n
• vinhollur m, vinholl f, vinholt n
• vinhróðugur m, vinhróðug f, vinhróðugt n
• vinur í raun
• vinkona
• vinmál
• vinmargur m, vinmörg f, vinmargt n
• pennavinur
• skiptavinur
• óvinur
• æskuvinur
• perluvinir