mentir

fo-noun

mentir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural menta)

menta (genitive plural)
mentir (indefinite nominative plural)
mentirnar (definite nominative plural)
mentir (accusative indefinite plural)
mentirnar (accusative definite plural)
mentum (dative indefinite plural)
mentunum (dative definite plural)
menta (genitive indefinite plural)
mentanna (definite genitive plural)

Plural form of Old Norse ment (education, art).


dyr

dyr f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural dura)

dura (genitive plural)
dyr (indefinite nominative plural)
dyrnar (definite nominative plural)
dyr (accusative indefinite plural)
dyrnar (accusative definite plural)
durum (dative indefinite plural)
durunum (dative definite plural)
dura (genitive indefinite plural)
duranna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).


systkin

fo-noun

systkin n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural systkina)

systkina (genitive plural)
systkin (indefinite nominative plural)
systkini (definite nominative plural)
systkin (accusative indefinite plural)
systkini (accusative definite plural)
systkjum (dative indefinite plural)
systkjunum (dative definite plural)
systkina (genitive indefinite plural)
systkinanna (definite genitive plural)

/ˈsɪst͡ʃʰɪn/


pengar

pengar (indefinite nominative plural)
pengarnir (definite nominative plural)
pengar (accusative indefinite plural)
pengarnar (accusative definite plural)
pengum (dative indefinite plural)
pengunum (dative definite plural)
penga (genitive indefinite plural)
penganna (definite genitive plural)


tíðindi

tíðindi n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural tíðinda)

tíðinda (genitive plural)
tíðindi (indefinite nominative plural)
tíðindir (indefinite nominative plural)
tíðindini (definite nominative plural)
tíðindi (accusative indefinite plural)
tíðindir (accusative indefinite plural)
tíðindini (accusative definite plural)
tíðindum (dative indefinite plural)
tíðindunum (dative definite plural)
tíðinda (genitive indefinite plural)
tíðindanna (definite genitive plural)


ævi

ævi f (genitive singular ævi, plural ævir)

ævi (genitive singular)
ævir (plural)
ævi (indefinite nominative singular)
ævin (definite nominative singular)
ævir (indefinite nominative plural)
ævirnar (definite nominative plural)
ævi (accusative indefinite singular)
ævina (accusative definite singular)
ævir (accusative indefinite plural)
ævirnar (accusative definite plural)
ævi (dative indefinite singular)
ævini (dative definite singular)
ævi (genitive indefinite singular)
ævinnar (definite genitive singular)

From Old Norse ævi, from Proto-Germanic *aiwį̄.


herðar

herðar f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural herða)

herða (genitive plural)
herðar (indefinite nominative plural)
herðarnar (definite nominative plural)
herðar (accusative indefinite plural)
herðarnar (accusative definite plural)
herðum (dative indefinite plural)
herðunum (dative definite plural)
herða (genitive indefinite plural)
herðanna (definite genitive plural)


jól

jól n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural jóla)

jóla (genitive plural)
jól (indefinite nominative plural)
jólini (definite nominative plural)
jól (accusative indefinite plural)
jólini (accusative definite plural)
jólum (dative indefinite plural)
jólunum (dative definite plural)
jóla (genitive indefinite plural)
jólanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse jól, cognate with Danish, Norwegian, Swedish jul, Icelandic jól, Old English geōl and English Yule, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”).


Orknoyggjar

From Old Norse Orkneyjar, itself adapted from Pictish.


Føroyar

Føroyar (indefinite nominative)
Føroyar (accusative indefinite)
Føroyum (dative indefinite)
Føroya (genitive indefinite)

The second element oyar is the plural of oy (“island”). The first element is uncertain; possibly from Old Norse fær (“sheep”), or borrowed from Irish fearann (“estate, land”), named by early Irish monks settling the island.


Suðuroyggjar

Suðuroyggjar (indefinite nominative)
Suðuroyggjar (accusative indefinite)
Suðuroyggjum (dative indefinite)
Suðuroyggja (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Suðreyjar, literally "Southern Isles".


bjørg

fo-noun

bjørg n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural bjarga)

bjarga (genitive plural)
bjørg (indefinite nominative plural)
bjørgini (definite nominative plural)
bjørg (accusative indefinite plural)
bjørgini (accusative definite plural)
bjørgum (dative indefinite plural)
bjørgunum (dative definite plural)
bjarga (genitive indefinite plural)
bjarganna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.


eyga

eyga n (genitive singular eyga, plural eygu)

eyga (genitive singular)
eygu (plural)
eyga (indefinite nominative singular)
eygað (definite nominative singular)
eygu (indefinite nominative plural)
eygur (indefinite nominative plural)
eyguni (definite nominative plural)
eyga (accusative indefinite singular)
eygað (accusative definite singular)
eygu (accusative indefinite plural)
eygur (accusative indefinite plural)
eyguni (accusative definite plural)
eyga (dative indefinite singular)
eyganum (dative definite singular)
eygum (dative indefinite plural)
eygunum (dative definite plural)
eyga (genitive indefinite singular)
eygans (definite genitive singular)
eygna (genitive indefinite plural)
eygnanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

gløgt er gestsins eyga -

clear is the guest's eye; a guest/foreigner notices more than others


páskir

fo-noun

páskir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural páska)

páska (genitive plural)
páskir (indefinite nominative plural)
páskirnar (definite nominative plural)
páskir (accusative indefinite plural)
páskirnar (accusative definite plural)
páskum (dative indefinite plural)
páskunum (dative definite plural)
páska (genitive indefinite plural)
páskanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse páskar, from Medieval Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא (pasḥa), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ).


brillur

brillur f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural brilla)

brilla (genitive plural)
brillur (indefinite nominative plural)
brillurnar (definite nominative plural)
brillur (accusative indefinite plural)
brillurnar (accusative definite plural)
brillum (dative indefinite plural)
brillunum (dative definite plural)
brilla (genitive indefinite plural)
brillanna (definite genitive plural)


buksur

buksur f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural buksa)

buksa (genitive plural)
buksur (indefinite nominative plural)
buksurnar (definite nominative plural)
buksur (accusative indefinite plural)
buksurnar (accusative definite plural)
buksum (dative indefinite plural)
buksunum (dative definite plural)
buksa (genitive indefinite plural)
buksanna (definite genitive plural)


foreldur

foreldur n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural foreldra)

foreldra (genitive plural)
foreldur (indefinite nominative plural)
foreldrini (definite nominative plural)
foreldur (accusative indefinite plural)
foreldrini (accusative definite plural)
foreldrum (dative indefinite plural)
foreldrunum (dative definite plural)
foreldra (genitive indefinite plural)
foreldranna (definite genitive plural)


hjún

hjún n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural hjúna)

hjúna (genitive plural)
hjún (indefinite nominative plural)
hjúnini (definite nominative plural)
hjún (accusative indefinite plural)
hjúnini (accusative definite plural)
hjúnum (dative indefinite plural)
hjúnunum (dative definite plural)
hjúna (genitive indefinite plural)
hjúnanna (definite genitive plural)


svimjibuksur

svimjibuksur f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural svimjibuksa)

svimjibuksa (genitive plural)
svimjibuksur (indefinite nominative plural)
svimjibuksurnar (definite nominative plural)
svimjibuksur (accusative indefinite plural)
svimjibuksurnar (accusative definite plural)
svimjibuksum (dative indefinite plural)
svimjibuksunum (dative definite plural)
svimjibuksa (genitive indefinite plural)
svimjibuksanna (definite genitive plural)


Vágar

Vágar (indefinite nominative)
Vágar (accusative indefinite)
Vágum (dative indefinite)
Vága (genitive indefinite)


bókmentir

bókmentir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural bókmenta)

bókmenta (genitive plural)
bókmentir (indefinite nominative plural)
bókmentirnar (definite nominative plural)
bókmentir (accusative indefinite plural)
bókmentirnar (accusative definite plural)
bókmentum (dative indefinite plural)
bókmentunum (dative definite plural)
bókmenta (genitive indefinite plural)
bókmentanna (definite genitive plural)


viðurskifti

viðurskifti n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural viðurskifta)

viðurskifta (genitive plural)
viðurskifti (indefinite nominative plural)
viðurskiftir (indefinite nominative plural)
viðurskiftini (definite nominative plural)
viðurskifti (accusative indefinite plural)
viðurskiftir (accusative indefinite plural)
viðurskiftini (accusative definite plural)
viðurskiftum (dative indefinite plural)
viðurskiftunum (dative definite plural)
viðurskifta (genitive indefinite plural)
viðurskiftanna (definite genitive plural)

[ˈviːjʊɹˌʃɪftɪ]


umstøður

umstøður f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural umstøða)

umstøða (genitive plural)
umstøður (indefinite nominative plural)
umstøðurnar (definite nominative plural)
umstøður (accusative indefinite plural)
umstøðurnar (accusative definite plural)
umstøðum (dative indefinite plural)
umstøðunum (dative definite plural)
umstøða (genitive indefinite plural)
umstøðanna (definite genitive plural)

/ˈʊmstøːvʊɹ/


Norðlond

Norðlond (indefinite nominative plural)
Norðlondini (definite nominative plural)
Norðlond (accusative indefinite plural)
Norðlondini (accusative definite plural)
Norðlondum (dative indefinite plural)
Norðlondunum (dative definite plural)
Norðlanda (genitive indefinite plural)
Norðlandanna (definite genitive plural)


áttu

áttu n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural áttna)

áttna (genitive plural)
áttu (indefinite nominative plural)
áttur (indefinite nominative plural)
áttuni (definite nominative plural)
áttu (accusative indefinite plural)
áttur (accusative indefinite plural)
áttuni (accusative definite plural)
áttum (dative indefinite plural)
áttunum (dative definite plural)
áttna (genitive indefinite plural)
áttnanna (definite genitive plural)

eini áttu


feðgar

feðgar m pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural feðga)

feðga (genitive plural)
feðgar (indefinite nominative plural)
feðgarnir (definite nominative plural)
feðgar (accusative indefinite plural)
feðgarnar (accusative definite plural)
feðgum (dative indefinite plural)
feðgunum (dative definite plural)
feðga (genitive indefinite plural)
feðganna (definite genitive plural)


vísindi

vísindi n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural vísinda)

vísinda (genitive plural)
vísindi (indefinite nominative plural)
vísindir (indefinite nominative plural)
vísindini (definite nominative plural)
vísindi (accusative indefinite plural)
vísindir (accusative indefinite plural)
vísindini (accusative definite plural)
vísindum (dative indefinite plural)
vísindunum (dative definite plural)
vísinda (genitive indefinite plural)
vísindanna (definite genitive plural)

science (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method)


málvísindi

málvísindi n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural málvísinda)

málvísinda (genitive plural)
málvísindi (indefinite nominative plural)
málvísindir (indefinite nominative plural)
málvísindini (definite nominative plural)
málvísindi (accusative indefinite plural)
málvísindir (accusative indefinite plural)
málvísindini (accusative definite plural)
málvísindum (dative indefinite plural)
málvísindunum (dative definite plural)
málvísinda (genitive indefinite plural)
málvísindanna (definite genitive plural)

From mál (“language”) + -vísindi (“science”).

linguistics (scientific study of language)


húsgøgn

húsgøgn n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural húsgagna)

húsgagna (genitive plural)
húsgøgn (indefinite nominative plural)
húsgøgnini (definite nominative plural)
húsgøgn (accusative indefinite plural)
húsgøgnini (accusative definite plural)
húsgøgnum (dative indefinite plural)
húsgøgnunum (dative definite plural)
húsgagna (genitive indefinite plural)
húsgagnanna (definite genitive plural)


ártíggju

ártíggju n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural ártíggjna)

ártíggjna (genitive plural)
ártíggju (indefinite nominative plural)
ártíggjur (indefinite nominative plural)
ártíggjuni (definite nominative plural)
ártíggju (accusative indefinite plural)
ártíggjur (accusative indefinite plural)
ártíggjuni (accusative definite plural)
ártíggjum (dative indefinite plural)
ártíggjunum (dative definite plural)
ártíggjna (genitive indefinite plural)
ártíggjnanna (definite genitive plural)

[ˈɔarˌtʊdʒːʊ]


Aleutoyggjar

Aleutoyggjar (indefinite nominative)
Aleutoyggjar (accusative indefinite)
Aleutoyggjum (dative indefinite)
Aleutoyggja (genitive indefinite)

aleut (“Aleut, Aleutian”) + oyggjar (“islands”). See Aleutian Islands for more.


Niðurlond

Niðurlond (indefinite nominative plural)
Niðurlondini (definite nominative plural)
Niðurlond (accusative indefinite plural)
Niðurlondini (accusative definite plural)
Niðurlondum (dative indefinite plural)
Niðurlondunum (dative definite plural)
Niðurlanda (genitive indefinite plural)
Niðurlandanna (definite genitive plural)

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


læknavísindi

fo-noun

læknavísindi n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural læknavísinda)

læknavísinda (genitive plural)
læknavísindi (indefinite nominative plural)
læknavísindir (indefinite nominative plural)
læknavísindini (definite nominative plural)
læknavísindi (accusative indefinite plural)
læknavísindir (accusative indefinite plural)
læknavísindini (accusative definite plural)
læknavísindum (dative indefinite plural)
læknavísindunum (dative definite plural)
læknavísinda (genitive indefinite plural)
læknavísindanna (definite genitive plural)

From lækni (“a doctor”) + -vísindi (“science”).


ragnarøk

fo-noun

ragnarøk n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural ragnaraka)

ragnaraka (genitive plural)
ragnarøk (indefinite nominative plural)
ragnarøkini (definite nominative plural)
ragnarøk (accusative indefinite plural)
ragnarøkini (accusative definite plural)
ragnarøkum (dative indefinite plural)
ragnarøkunum (dative definite plural)
ragnaraka (genitive indefinite plural)
ragnarakanna (definite genitive plural)

/ˈɹaknaˌɹøːʰk/

From Old Norse ragnarǫk, from regin (“gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”).


Fidjioyggjar

Fidjioyggjar (indefinite nominative)
Fidjioyggjar (accusative indefinite)
Fidjioyggjum (dative indefinite)
Fidjioyggja (genitive indefinite)

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


veðurvánir

veðurvánir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural veðurvána)

veðurvána (genitive plural)
veðurvánir (indefinite nominative plural)
veðurvánirnar (definite nominative plural)
veðurvánir (accusative indefinite plural)
veðurvánirnar (accusative definite plural)
veðurvánum (dative indefinite plural)
veðurvánunum (dative definite plural)
veðurvána (genitive indefinite plural)
veðurvánanna (definite genitive plural)

/ˈveːvʊɹˌvɔɑːnɪɹ/

weather forecast
weather forecast#English


Sorgarsongirnir

Sorgarsongir (indefinite nominative plural)
Sorgarsongirnir (definite nominative plural)
Sorgarsongir (accusative indefinite plural)
Sorgarsongirnar (accusative definite plural)
Sorgarsongum (dative indefinite plural)
Sorgarsongunum (dative definite plural)
Sorgarsonga (genitive indefinite plural)
Sorgarsonganna (definite genitive plural)


Veiðihundarnir

Veiðihundur (indefinite nominative singular)
Veiðihundurin (definite nominative singular)
Veiðihundar (indefinite nominative plural)
Veiðihundarnir (definite nominative plural)
Veiðihund (accusative indefinite singular)
Veiðihundin (accusative definite singular)
Veiðihundar (accusative indefinite plural)
Veiðihundarnar (accusative definite plural)
Veiðihundi (dative indefinite singular)
Veiðihundinum (dative definite singular)
Veiðihundum (dative indefinite plural)
Veiðihundunum (dative definite plural)
Veiðihunds (genitive indefinite singular)
Veiðihundsins (definite genitive singular)
Veiðihunda (genitive indefinite plural)
Veiðihundanna (definite genitive plural)


kvennskøp

kvennskøp n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural kvennskapa)

kvennskapa (genitive plural)
kvennskøp (indefinite nominative plural)
kvennskøpini (definite nominative plural)
kvennskøp (accusative indefinite plural)
kvennskøpini (accusative definite plural)
kvennskøpum (dative indefinite plural)
kvennskøpunum (dative definite plural)
kvennskapa (genitive indefinite plural)
kvennskapanna (definite genitive plural)


trøndur

trønda (genitive plural)
trøndur (indefinite nominative plural)
trøndurnir (definite nominative plural)
trøndur (accusative indefinite plural)
trøndurnar (accusative definite plural)
trøndum (dative indefinite plural)
trøndunum (dative definite plural)
trønda (genitive indefinite plural)
trøndanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse þrǿndr, þrǿndir, from Proto-Norse *þrōwendīʀ m pl, from *þrōwōną + *-ndz. Cognate with Icelandic Þrændir, Þrændur and Norwegian trønder.

Thronds (people from the county Trøndelag in Norway)


apukoppar

apukoppar m pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural apukoppa)

apukoppa (genitive plural)
apukoppar (indefinite nominative plural)
apukopparnir (definite nominative plural)
apukoppar (accusative indefinite plural)
apukopparnar (accusative definite plural)
apukoppum (dative indefinite plural)
apukoppunum (dative definite plural)
apukoppa (genitive indefinite plural)
apukoppanna (definite genitive plural)

From apa (“mokey”) + koppar (“smallpox, pox”)

com

2022 May 23, Kári Mikkelsen, “Landslæknin væntar, at apukoppar eisini koma til Føroya”, in Kringvarp Føroya:

The Chief Medical Officer [of the Faroe Islands] expects that monkeypox will also come to the Faroe Islands


apupokur

fo-noun

apupokur f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural apupoka)

apupoka (genitive plural)
apupokur (indefinite nominative plural)
apupokurnar (definite nominative plural)
apupokur (accusative indefinite plural)
apupokurnar (accusative definite plural)
apupokum (dative indefinite plural)
apupokunum (dative definite plural)
apupoka (genitive indefinite plural)
apupokanna (definite genitive plural)

/ˈɛaːʰpʊˌpʰɔkʊɹ/

Í dag upplýsir danska heilsumálaráðið, at fyrsit tilburðurin av apupokum er staðfestur í Danmark.

2022 May 23, Alda Nielsdóttir, “Apupokur komnar til Danmarkar [Monkeypox has arrived in Denmark]”, in dagur.fo:

Today, the Danish Ministry of Health informs that the first case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Denmark.


møðgur

møðgur f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural møðga)

møðga (genitive plural)
møðgur (indefinite nominative plural)
møðgurnar (definite nominative plural)
møðgur (accusative indefinite plural)
møðgurnar (accusative definite plural)
møðgum (dative indefinite plural)
møðgunum (dative definite plural)
møðga (genitive indefinite plural)
møðganna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse mǿðgur (collective plural). Compare Icelandic mæðgur.


rørar

rørar m pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural røra)

røra (genitive plural)
rørar (indefinite nominative plural)
rørarnir (definite nominative plural)
rørar (accusative indefinite plural)
rørarnar (accusative definite plural)
rørum (dative indefinite plural)
rørunum (dative definite plural)
røra (genitive indefinite plural)
røranna (definite genitive plural)


fallur

fallur f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural fallur)

fallur (genitive plural)
fallur (indefinite nominative plural)
fallurnar (definite nominative plural)
fallur (accusative indefinite plural)
fallurnar (accusative definite plural)
fallum (dative indefinite plural)
fallunum (dative definite plural)
falla (genitive indefinite plural)
fallanna (definite genitive plural)