"sund" meaning in Faroese

See sund in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʊnt/
Etymology: Inherited from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”). Related to svimja. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fo|non|sund|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse sund, {{inh+|fo|non|sund}} Inherited from Old Norse sund, {{inh|fo|gem-pro|*sundą|t=swimming; sound}} Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”) Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|genitive singular|sunds|||||plural|sund|||||cat2=|cat3=|g=n|head=}} sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund), {{fo-noun|n|sunds|sund}} sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-n3|sund}} Forms: sunds [genitive, singular], sund [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sund [indefinite, nominative, singular], sundið [definite, nominative, singular], sund [indefinite, nominative, plural], sundini [definite, nominative, plural], sund [accusative, indefinite, singular], sundið [accusative, definite, singular], sund [accusative, indefinite, plural], sundini [accusative, definite, plural], sundi [dative, indefinite, singular], sundinum [dative, definite, singular], sundum [dative, indefinite, plural], sundunum [dative, definite, plural], sunds [genitive, indefinite, singular], sundsins [definite, genitive, singular], sunda [genitive, indefinite, plural], sundanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (geography) sound, channel, strait Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-sund-fo-noun-YiBZyns~ Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Geography, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 1 1 17 0 1 19 1 1 0 20 20 2 0 7 1 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 17 0 1 19 1 1 0 20 20 1 0 6 1 0 10 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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