feigur

Faroese

Etymology

From the Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Cognates include Old High German feigi (German feige (“cowardly”)); Old English fǣge (English fey) and Dutch veeg. Compare feig.

Adjective

feigur (comparative feigari, superlative feigastur)

  1. fey, doomed to death; fated to die, bound by death, death-bound

Declension
feigur a1
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) feigur feig feigt
Accusative (hvønnfall) feigan feiga
Dative (hvørjumfall) feigum feigari feigum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (feigs) (feigar) (feigs)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) feigir feigar feig
Accusative (hvønnfall) feigar
Dative (hvørjumfall) feigum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (feiga)
Weak adjectival inflection of feigur
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) feigi feiga feiga
Accusative (hvønnfall) feiga feigu
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) feigu
Accusative (hvønnfall)
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)

Icelandic

Etymology

From the synonymous Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Cognates include Old High German feigi (German feige (“cowardly”)); Old English fǣge (English fey) and Dutch veeg. Compare feig.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eiːɣʏr

Adjective

feigur (comparative feigari, superlative feigastur)

  1. fey, doomed to death; fated to die, bound by death, death-bound
  2. (archaic) dead

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • allt sýnist feigum fært (all seems possible to those bound by death)
  • bráðfeigur
  • ekki verður feigum forðað
  • hraðfeigur
  • ófeigur
  • vilja einhvern feigan (to wish someone dead)

See also
  • dauðvona (moribund)
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