blár
See also: blàr
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse blár, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]blár (comparative blárri, superlative bláastur)
Declension
[edit] positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | blárri | blárri | blárra |
| accusative | blárri | blárri | blárra |
| dative | blárri | blárri | blárra |
| genitive | blárri | blárri | blárra |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | blárri | blárri | blárri |
| accusative | blárri | blárri | blárri |
| dative | blárri | blárri | blárri |
| genitive | blárri | blárri | blárri |
superlative (strong declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bláastur | bláust | bláast |
| accusative | bláastan | bláasta | bláast |
| dative | bláustum | bláastri | bláustu |
| genitive | bláasts | bláastrar | bláasts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | bláastir | bláastar | bláust |
| accusative | bláasta | bláastar | bláust |
| dative | bláustum | bláustum | bláustum |
| genitive | bláastra | bláastra | bláastra |
superlative (weak declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bláasti | bláasta | bláasta |
| accusative | bláasta | bláustu | bláasta |
| dative | bláasta | bláustu | bláasta |
| genitive | bláasta | bláustu | bláasta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | bláustu | bláustu | bláustu |
| accusative | bláustu | bláustu | bláustu |
| dative | bláustu | bláustu | bláustu |
| genitive | bláustu | bláustu | bláustu |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]| hvítur; mjallhvítur | grár | svartur |
| rauður; fagurrauður, djúprauður | appelsínugulur, gulrauður, órans (dated); brúnn, dökkbrúnn; fölvi, mórauður | gulur; rjómagulur |
| gulgrænn, mosagrænn | grænn | |
| blágrænn; grænblár | heiðblár, fagurblár, himinblár, safírblár | blár |
| fjólublár; dimmfjólublár, indígóblár | blárauður; rauðfjólublár (fjólublár), purpuralitur | bleikur |
References
[edit]- “blár” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, whence also Old English bleow, blāw, Old High German blāo (German blau).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]blár
- blue, often denoting a dark colour, blue-black, black
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of blár
Weak declension of blár
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: blár
- Faroese: bláur
- Norn: blå
- Norwegian Nynorsk: blå; (dialectal) blår, blår’e, blå’u
- Norwegian Bokmål: blå
- Jamtish: błá
- Elfdalian: blå
- Old Swedish: blār
- Swedish: blå
- Old Danish: blā
- Danish: blå
- Gutnish: blåar, blaar
- Scanian: bláer
- → Middle English: bla, blaa, blo, bloo
See also
[edit]| hvítr | grár, hǫss | svartr |
| rauðr; rauðgulr | brúnn, jarpr | gulr |
| grœnn | ||
| blár | ||
| víolat |
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/auːr
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