oy in Faroese

IPA: [ɔiːj] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Norse ey. Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|ey}} Old Norse ey Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|g=f|head=}} oy f, {{fo-noun|f|oyar|oyar}} oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-f6|oy}} Forms: oyar [genitive, singular], oyar [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], oy [indefinite, nominative, singular], oyin [definite, nominative, singular], oyar [indefinite, nominative, plural], oyarnar [definite, nominative, plural], oy [accusative, indefinite, singular], oyina [accusative, definite, singular], oyar [accusative, indefinite, plural], oyarnar [accusative, definite, plural], oy [dative, indefinite, singular], oyini [dative, definite, singular], oyum [dative, indefinite, plural], oyunum [dative, definite, plural], oyar [genitive, indefinite, singular], oyarinnar [definite, genitive, singular], oya [genitive, indefinite, plural], oyanna [definite, genitive, plural], oyggj [alternative]

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "ey"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse ey",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse ey.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-f6",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyarnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyarnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyarinnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyggj",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oy f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "oyar",
        "3": "oyar"
      },
      "expansion": "oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oy"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-f6"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 13 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Islands",
          "orig": "fo:Islands",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "island"
      ],
      "id": "en-oy-fo-noun-KM0sXBXR",
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, poetic) island"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔiːj]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oy"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "ey"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse ey",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse ey.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-f6",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyarnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyarnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyarinnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyggj",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "oy f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "oyar",
        "3": "oyar"
      },
      "expansion": "oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oy"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-f6"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Faroese feminine nouns",
        "Faroese lemmas",
        "Faroese nouns",
        "Faroese poetic terms",
        "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Faroese terms with obsolete senses",
        "Pages with 13 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fo:Islands"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "island"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, poetic) island"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔiːj]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oy"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'f6'",
  "path": [
    "oy"
  ],
  "section": "Faroese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "oy",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'f6'",
  "path": [
    "oy"
  ],
  "section": "Faroese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "oy",
  "trace": ""
}

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"oy" meaning in Faroese

Noun

Inflected forms