bleikur
Appearance
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse bleikr, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bleikur (comparative bleikari, superlative bleikastur)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bleikur (a1) | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | bleikur | bleik | bleikt |
Accusative | bleikan | bleika | bleikt |
Dative | bleikum | bleikari | bleikum |
Genitive | bleiks | bleikar | bleiks |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | bleikir | bleikar | bleik |
Accusative | bleikar | bleikar | bleik |
Dative | bleikum | bleikum | bleikum |
Genitive | bleika | bleika | bleika |
Weak adjectival inflection of bleikur | |||
Singular (eintal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | bleiki | bleika | bleika |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | bleika | bleiku | |
Dative (hvørjumfall) | |||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | |||
Plural (fleirtal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | bleiku | ||
Accusative (hvønnfall) | |||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | |||
Genitive (hvørsfall) |
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse bleikr, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz. Compare Old English blāc (“pale”). See also bleikja. More at bleak.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bleikur (comparative bleikari, superlative bleikastur)
- pink
- Ég á bleikan bol.
- I own a pink shirt.
- (archaic) pale
- Synonym: fölur
- Revelation 6-8 (English and Icelandic)
- Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
- I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Declension
[edit]positive forms of bleikur
strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | bleikur | bleik | bleikt | |
accusative | bleikan | bleika | ||
dative | bleikum | bleikri | bleiku | |
genitive | bleiks | bleikrar | bleiks | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | bleikir | bleikar | bleik | |
accusative | bleika | |||
dative | bleikum | |||
genitive | bleikra | |||
weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | bleiki | bleika | bleika | |
acc/dat/gen | bleika | bleiku | ||
plural (all-case) | bleiku |
superlative forms of bleikur
strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | bleikastur | bleikust | bleikast | |
accusative | bleikastan | bleikasta | ||
dative | bleikustum | bleikastri | bleikustu | |
genitive | bleikasts | bleikastrar | bleikasts | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | bleikastir | bleikastar | bleikust | |
accusative | bleikasta | |||
dative | bleikustum | |||
genitive | bleikastra | |||
weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | bleikasti | bleikasta | bleikasta | |
acc/dat/gen | bleikasta | bleikustu | ||
plural (all-case) | bleikustu |
Derived terms
[edit]- bleikur sem nár, fölur sem nár (“pale as a corpse”)
See also
[edit]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 |
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- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
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- Rhymes:Faroese/aiːjkʊɹ
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːkʏr
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