fittur
Faroese
Etymology
Early loan from English fit.
Adjective
fittur (comparative fittari, superlative fittastur)
- smart, capable, brave
- nice, friendly
- much, good
Usage notes
- hann er fittur til smíð - he is a capable blacksmith
- fitt genta - nice girl
- fitt av bókum - lots of books
Declension
| fittur a39 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | fittur | fitt | fitt |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | fittan | fitta | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | fittum | fittari | fittum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (fits) | (fittar) | (fits) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | fittir | fittar | fitt |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | fittar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | fittum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (fitta) | ||
| Weak adjectival inflection of fittur | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m | f | n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | fitti | fitta | fitta |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | fitta | fittu | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | |||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | |||
| Plural (fleirtal) | m | f | n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | fittu | ||
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | |||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | |||
Synonyms
- (smart): dugnaligur, dúgligur, raskur
- (nice): dámligur, fryntligur, vakur, blíður
- (much, good): nógvur, góður
Antonyms
- ringur (bad)
- illur (bad)
See also
- feitur