fagr
Gothic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]fagr
- Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *fagraz, whence also Old English fæġer ( > English fair), Old Saxon fagar, Old High German fagar, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin pulcher and Slovak pekný (“nice”).
Adjective
[edit]fagr (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastr) or
fagr (comparative fegri, superlative fegrstr)
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of fagr
Weak declension of fagr
Declension of comparative of fagr
Strong declension of superlative of fagr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | fegrstr | fegrst | fegrst |
accusative | fegrstan | fegrsta | fegrst |
dative | fegrstum | fegrstri | fegrstu |
genitive | fegrsts | fegrstrar | fegrsts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fegrstir | fegrstar | fegrst |
accusative | fegrsta | fegrstar | fegrst |
dative | fegrstum | fegrstum | fegrstum |
genitive | fegrstra | fegrstra | fegrstra |
Weak declension of superlative of fagr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | fegrsti | fegrsta | fegrsta |
accusative | fegrsta | fegrstu | fegrsta |
dative | fegrsta | fegrstu | fegrsta |
genitive | fegrsta | fegrstu | fegrsta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fegrstu | fegrstu | fegrstu |
accusative | fegrstu | fegrstu | fegrstu |
dative | fegrstum | fegrstum | fegrstum |
genitive | fegrstu | fegrstu | fegrstu |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: fagur
- Faroese: fagur
- Norn: feg, fåg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fager, fagr; (dialectal) fagur
- Old Swedish: fagher
- Swedish: fager
- Danish: fager, feir, fauer, faver, favr
- Norwegian Bokmål: fager
References
[edit]- “fagr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press