"hvítur" meaning in Faroese

See hvítur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈkvʊiːjtʊɹ]
Etymology: From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos. Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|hvítr}} Old Norse hvítr, {{inh|fo|gem-pro|*hwītaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, {{inh|fo|ine-pro|*ḱweytos}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos Head templates: {{head|fo|adjectives|||||comparative|hvítari|superlative|hvítastur|head=}} hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur), {{fo-adj|hvítari|hvítastur}} hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur) Forms: hvítari [comparative], hvítastur [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], hvítur [masculine, nominative, singular], hvít [feminine, nominative, singular], hvítt [neuter, nominative, singular], hvítan [accusative, masculine, singular], hvíta [accusative, feminine, singular], hvítt [accusative, neuter, singular], hvítum [dative, masculine, singular], hvítari [dative, feminine, singular], hvítum [dative, neuter, singular], hvíts [genitive, masculine, singular], hvítar [feminine, genitive, singular], hvíts [genitive, neuter, singular], hvítir [masculine, nominative, plural], hvítar [feminine, nominative, plural], hvít [neuter, nominative, plural], hvítar [accusative, masculine, plural], hvítar [accusative, feminine, plural], hvít [accusative, neuter, plural], hvítum [dative, masculine, plural], hvítum [dative, feminine, plural], hvítum [dative, neuter, plural], hvíta [genitive, masculine, plural], hvíta [feminine, genitive, plural], hvíta [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. white Derived forms: hvítligur Related terms: bláur (english: blue), brúnur (english: brown), gráur (english: grey), grønur (english: green), gulur (english: yellow), litur [masculine] [colour, color], reyður (english: red), svartur (english: black)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hvítr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hvítr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwītaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwītaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱweytos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hvítari",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítastur",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvít",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítari",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvít",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvít",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "hvítastur",
        "2": "adjectives",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "hvítari",
        "9": "superlative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hvítari",
        "2": "hvítastur"
      },
      "expansion": "hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur)",
      "name": "fo-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Colors",
          "orig": "fo:Colors",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "hvítligur"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white"
      ],
      "id": "en-hvítur-fo-adj-AY-pakRx",
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "blue",
          "word": "bláur"
        },
        {
          "english": "brown",
          "word": "brúnur"
        },
        {
          "english": "grey",
          "word": "gráur"
        },
        {
          "english": "green",
          "word": "grønur"
        },
        {
          "english": "yellow",
          "word": "gulur"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "colour",
            "color"
          ],
          "word": "litur"
        },
        {
          "english": "red",
          "word": "reyður"
        },
        {
          "english": "black",
          "word": "svartur"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkvʊiːjtʊɹ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hvítur"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hvítligur"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hvítr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hvítr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwītaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwītaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱweytos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hvítari",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítastur",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvít",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítari",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvít",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvít",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvítum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvíta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "hvítastur",
        "2": "adjectives",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "hvítari",
        "9": "superlative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hvítari",
        "2": "hvítastur"
      },
      "expansion": "hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur)",
      "name": "fo-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "blue",
      "word": "bláur"
    },
    {
      "english": "brown",
      "word": "brúnur"
    },
    {
      "english": "grey",
      "word": "gráur"
    },
    {
      "english": "green",
      "word": "grønur"
    },
    {
      "english": "yellow",
      "word": "gulur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "colour",
        "color"
      ],
      "word": "litur"
    },
    {
      "english": "red",
      "word": "reyður"
    },
    {
      "english": "black",
      "word": "svartur"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese adjectives",
        "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Faroese lemmas",
        "Faroese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Faroese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fo:Colors"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkvʊiːjtʊɹ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hvítur"
}

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