tristur
Faroese
Etymology 1
From tríggir (“three”).
Noun
tristur m (genitive singular trists, plural tristar)
- rowing boat with six oars and three rowers, 18 feet long
- (card games) three
- (stýrivolt) chosen threes (trump threes)
Declension
| Declension of tristur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tristur | tristurin | tristar | tristarnir |
| accusative | trist | tristin | tristar | tristarnar |
| dative | tristi | tristinum | tristum | tristunum |
| genitive | trists | tristsins | trista | tristanna |
Synonyms
- tríu, tríur
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Adjective
tristur (comparative tristari, superlative tristastur)
- (colloquial) sad, unhappy
Declension
| tristur a5 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | tristur | trist | trist |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | tristan | trista | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | tristum | tristari | tristum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (trists) | (tristar/ tristrar) | (trists) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | tristir | tristar | trist |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | tristar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | tristum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (trista/ tristra) | ||
Synonyms
- illa hýrdur, dapur, óglaður
Old French
Noun
tristur f (oblique plural tristurs, nominative singular tristur, nominative plural tristurs)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of tristor