smáur
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse smár, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel- (“small, mean, malicious”).
Adjective
smáur (comparative smærri, superlative smæstur)
- small
Declension
| smáur a17 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | smáur | smá | smátt |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | smáan | smáa | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | smáum | smáari | smáum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (smás) | (smáar) | (smás) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | smáir | smáar | smá |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | smáar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | smáum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (smáa) | ||
Antonyms
- stórur
Derived terms
- eitursmáur
- ersmáur
- evursmáur, evurssmáur
- hálvsmáur
- javnsmáur
- krútsmáur
- ør
- smá-
See also
- stuttur
- langur
- breiður
- víður
- djúpur
- høgur
- tjúkkur
- tunnur