eiður in Faroese

IPA: /ˈaiːjʊɹ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -aiːjur Etymology: From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-. Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|eiðr}} Old Norse eiðr, {{der|fo|gem-pro|*aiþaz}} Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, {{der|fo|ine-pro|*oyt-}} Proto-Indo-European *oyt- Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|genitive singular|eiðar|||||plural|eiðir|||||cat2=|cat3=|g=m|head=}} eiður m (genitive singular eiðar, plural eiðir), {{fo-noun|m|eiðar|eiðir}} eiður m (genitive singular eiðar, plural eiðir) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-m12|eið}}, {{fo-decl-noun|eiður|eiðurin|eiðir|eiðirnir|eið|eiðin|eiðir|eiðirnar|eiði|eiðinum|eiðum|eiðunum|eiðar|eiðarins|eiða|eiðanna|decl=m12}} Forms: eiðar [genitive, singular], eiðir [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], eiður [indefinite, nominative, singular], eiðurin [definite, nominative, singular], eiðir [indefinite, nominative, plural], eiðirnir [definite, nominative, plural], eið [accusative, indefinite, singular], eiðin [accusative, definite, singular], eiðir [accusative, indefinite, plural], eiðirnar [accusative, definite, plural], eiði [dative, indefinite, singular], eiðinum [dative, definite, singular], eiðum [dative, indefinite, plural], eiðunum [dative, definite, plural], eiðar [genitive, indefinite, singular], eiðarins [definite, genitive, singular], eiða [genitive, indefinite, plural], eiðanna [definite, genitive, plural]

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hilniseiður"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "trygdareiður"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "eiðr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse eiðr",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aiþaz"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*oyt-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *oyt-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eiðar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðir",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-m12",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiður",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðurin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiði",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðarins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "eiðir",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "eiðar",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "1": "m",
        "2": "eiðar",
        "3": "eiðir"
      },
      "expansion": "eiður m (genitive singular eiðar, plural eiðir)",
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "eið"
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      "name": "fo-decl-noun-m12"
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      "args": {
        "1": "eiður",
        "10": "eiðinum",
        "11": "eiðum",
        "12": "eiðunum",
        "13": "eiðar",
        "14": "eiðarins",
        "15": "eiða",
        "16": "eiðanna",
        "2": "eiðurin",
        "3": "eiðir",
        "4": "eiðirnir",
        "5": "eið",
        "6": "eiðin",
        "7": "eiðir",
        "8": "eiðirnar",
        "9": "eiði",
        "decl": "m12"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "53 47",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oath"
      ],
      "id": "en-eiður-fo-noun-wET1FZVW",
      "links": [
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
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          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swear word"
      ],
      "id": "en-eiður-fo-noun-htmm3rne",
      "links": [
        [
          "swear word",
          "swear word"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaiːjʊɹ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aiːjur"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "eigur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eiður"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Faroese lemmas",
    "Faroese masculine nouns",
    "Faroese nouns",
    "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Faroese terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Faroese/aiːjur"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hilniseiður"
    },
    {
      "word": "trygdareiður"
    }
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        "2": "non",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eiðar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðir",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fo-decl-noun-m12",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "eiður",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðurin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiði",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðarins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiðanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "eiðir",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "eiðar",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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        "9": "plural",
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      },
      "expansion": "eiður m (genitive singular eiðar, plural eiðir)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "eiðir"
      },
      "expansion": "eiður m (genitive singular eiðar, plural eiðir)",
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eið"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-m12"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "eiður",
        "10": "eiðinum",
        "11": "eiðum",
        "12": "eiðunum",
        "13": "eiðar",
        "14": "eiðarins",
        "15": "eiða",
        "16": "eiðanna",
        "2": "eiðurin",
        "3": "eiðir",
        "4": "eiðirnir",
        "5": "eið",
        "6": "eiðin",
        "7": "eiðir",
        "8": "eiðirnar",
        "9": "eiði",
        "decl": "m12"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oath"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "swear word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swear word",
          "swear word"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaiːjʊɹ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aiːjur"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "eigur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eiður"
}

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"eiður" meaning in Faroese

Noun

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