"fagur" meaning in Faroese

See fagur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɛaːvʊɹ/
Rhymes: -ɛaːvʊɹ Etymology: From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|fagr}} Old Norse fagr, {{der|fo|gem-pro|*fagraz}} Proto-Germanic *fagraz, {{der|fo|ine-pro|*ph₂ḱ-||to fasten, place}} Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”) Head templates: {{head|fo|adjectives|||||comparative|fagrari|superlative|fagrastur|head=}} fagur (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastur), {{fo-adj|fagrari|fagrastur}} fagur (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastur) Forms: fagrari [comparative], fagrastur [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], fagur [masculine, nominative, singular], føgur [feminine, nominative, singular], fagurt [neuter, nominative, singular], fagran [accusative, masculine, singular], fagra [accusative, feminine, singular], fagurt [accusative, neuter, singular], føgrum [dative, masculine, singular], fagrari [dative, feminine, singular], føgrum [dative, neuter, singular], fagurs [genitive, masculine, singular], fagrar [feminine, genitive, singular], fagurs [genitive, neuter, singular], fagrir [masculine, nominative, plural], fagrar [feminine, nominative, plural], føgur [neuter, nominative, plural], fagrar [accusative, masculine, plural], fagrar [accusative, feminine, plural], føgur [accusative, neuter, plural], føgrum [dative, masculine, plural], føgrum [dative, feminine, plural], føgrum [dative, neuter, plural], fagra [genitive, masculine, plural], fagra [feminine, genitive, plural], fagra [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. beautiful, fair, pulchritudinous Synonyms (beautiful): fríður, vakur, penur
    Sense id: en-fagur-fo-adj-DbJS1Jes Disambiguation of 'beautiful': 100 0 0
  2. (weather) very good Categories (topical): Weather
    Sense id: en-fagur-fo-adj-Yk0CbcE- Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header, Faroese links with redundant alt parameters, Faroese links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 3 85 11 Disambiguation of Faroese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 79 19 Disambiguation of Faroese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 79 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 0 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 88 12 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, weather
  3. (literature) about fiction Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-fagur-fo-adj-OlUJx~U9 Topics: literature, media, publishing
     
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛaːvʊɹ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛaːvʊɹ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "beautiful",
      "word": "fríður"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beautiful",
      "word": "vakur"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beautiful",
      "word": "penur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fagur"
}

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