tryggur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggr.

Adjective

tryggur

  1. safe, secure

Declension
tryggur a20
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) tryggur trygg trygt
Accusative (hvønnfall) tryggan trygga
Dative (hvørjumfall) tryggum tryggari tryggum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (trygs) (tryggar/
trygrar)		 (trygs)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) tryggir tryggar trygg
Accusative (hvønnfall) tryggar
Dative (hvørjumfall) tryggum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (trygga
trygra)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggr (“true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz. Cognate with the Old English trēowe (English true), Old High German triuwi (German trau); Dutch trouw; Danish tryg, Faroese tryggur, Norwegian trygg and Swedish trygg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰrɪkːʏr/
    Rhymes: -ɪkːʏr

Adjective

tryggur (comparative tryggari, superlative tryggastur)

  1. loyal, faithful
    Hundurinn hennar er mjög tryggur.
    Her dog is very loyal.
  2. (of things) which can be trusted, safe

Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggur trygg tryggt
accusative tryggan trygga tryggt
dative tryggum tryggri tryggu
genitive tryggs tryggrar tryggs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggir tryggar trygg
accusative trygga tryggar trygg
dative tryggum tryggum tryggum
genitive tryggra tryggra tryggra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggi trygga trygga
accusative trygga tryggu trygga
dative trygga tryggu trygga
genitive trygga tryggu trygga
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggu tryggu tryggu
accusative tryggu tryggu tryggu
dative tryggu tryggu tryggu
genitive tryggu tryggu tryggu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggari tryggari tryggara
accusative tryggari tryggari tryggara
dative tryggari tryggari tryggara
genitive tryggari tryggari tryggara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggari tryggari tryggari
accusative tryggari tryggari tryggari
dative tryggari tryggari tryggari
genitive tryggari tryggari tryggari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggastur tryggust tryggast
accusative tryggastan tryggasta tryggast
dative tryggustum tryggastri tryggustu
genitive tryggasts tryggastrar tryggasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggastir tryggastar tryggust
accusative tryggasta tryggastar tryggust
dative tryggustum tryggustum tryggustum
genitive tryggastra tryggastra tryggastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggasti tryggasta tryggasta
accusative tryggasta tryggustu tryggasta
dative tryggasta tryggustu tryggasta
genitive tryggasta tryggustu tryggasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggustu tryggustu tryggustu
accusative tryggustu tryggustu tryggustu
dative tryggustu tryggustu tryggustu
genitive tryggustu tryggustu tryggustu
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