"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
    Sense id: en-fagur-fo-adj-Yk0CbcE- Categories (other): Weather, Faroese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 1 94 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 0 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 97 3 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, weather
  3. (literature) about fiction
    Sense id: en-fagur-fo-adj-OlUJx~U9 Categories (other): Literature Topics: literature, media, publishing
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "ugly",
      "translation": "ugly",
      "word": "ljótur"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂ḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to fasten, place"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fagrari",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrastur",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagurt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagurt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrari",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "10": "fagrastur",
        "2": "adjectives",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "8": "fagrari",
        "9": "superlative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fagur (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastur)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fagrari",
        "2": "fagrastur"
      },
      "expansion": "fagur (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastur)",
      "name": "fo-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "beautiful colors",
          "text": "fagrir litir",
          "translation": "beautiful colors",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "english": "all is in best order",
          "text": "alt er í fagrasta lagi",
          "translation": "all is in best order",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful, fair, pulchritudinous"
      ],
      "id": "en-fagur-fo-adj-DbJS1Jes",
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ],
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ],
        [
          "pulchritudinous",
          "pulchritudinous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "beautiful",
          "word": "fríður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "beautiful",
          "word": "vakur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "beautiful",
          "word": "penur"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Weather",
          "orig": "fo:Weather",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 94 5",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "0 95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
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            [
              17,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the weather was of the best",
          "text": "veðrið var av tí fagrasta",
          "translation": "the weather was of the best",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very good"
      ],
      "id": "en-fagur-fo-adj-Yk0CbcE-",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(weather) very good"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "weather"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Literature",
          "orig": "fo:Literature",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "fiction",
          "text": "fagrar bókmentir",
          "translation": "fiction",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about fiction"
      ],
      "id": "en-fagur-fo-adj-OlUJx~U9",
      "links": [
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "fiction",
          "fiction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literature) about fiction"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛaːvʊɹ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛaːvʊɹ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fagur"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "ugly",
      "translation": "ugly",
      "word": "ljótur"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Faroese adjectives",
    "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Faroese lemmas",
    "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːvʊɹ",
    "Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːvʊɹ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "fagr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fagr",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂ḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to fasten, place"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fagrari",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrastur",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagurt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagurt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrari",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagurs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "føgrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fagra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "fagrastur",
        "2": "adjectives",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "fagur (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastur)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fagrari",
        "2": "fagrastur"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "beautiful colors",
          "text": "fagrir litir",
          "translation": "beautiful colors",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "english": "all is in best order",
          "text": "alt er í fagrasta lagi",
          "translation": "all is in best order",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful, fair, pulchritudinous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ],
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ],
        [
          "pulchritudinous",
          "pulchritudinous"
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      "categories": [
        "Faroese terms with usage examples",
        "fo:Weather"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the weather was of the best",
          "text": "veðrið var av tí fagrasta",
          "translation": "the weather was of the best",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very good"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(weather) very good"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "weather"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese terms with usage examples",
        "fo:Literature"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "fiction",
          "text": "fagrar bókmentir",
          "translation": "fiction",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about fiction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "fiction",
          "fiction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literature) about fiction"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛaːvʊɹ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛaːvʊɹ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "beautiful",
      "word": "fríður"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beautiful",
      "word": "vakur"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beautiful",
      "word": "penur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fagur"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Faroese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.