níggju

Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : níggju     Ordinal : níggjundi

Etymology

From Old Norse níu (whence also Danish ni; Icelandic níu and Swedish nio) from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognates with Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun); Old English niġon (English nine); Old Frisian nigun (West Frisian njoggen); Old High German niun (German neun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʊd͡ʒːʊ]
• Homophone: nýggju

Numeral

níggju

1. nine, cardinal number after átta and before tíggju