Faroish

English

Etymology

From Faroe +‎ -ish, after Icelandic færeyskur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛəɹəʊɪʃ/

Adjective

Faroish (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroish people or the Faroish language; Faroese.
   • 1920, John William Mackail, The life of William Morris:

     [...] manned by the queerest old carles, who by way of salute as the boat touched our side, shuffled off their Faroish caps in a very undignified manner.

Synonyms

• Faroese

Translations

pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands

• Armenian: ֆարերյան (fareryan)
• Catalan: feroès (ca) m, feroesa (ca) f

  Valencian: feroés (ca) m, feroesa (ca) f

• Czech: faerský
• Danish: færøsk (da)
• Dutch: Faeröers (nl)
• Faroese: føroyskur
• Finnish: fäärinkielinen; färsaarelainen (fi)
• French: féroïen (fr)
• German: färöisch (de)
• Icelandic: færeyskur (is)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: færøysk (no)

  Nynorsk: færøysk (nn)

• Old Norse: færeyskr
• Portuguese: feroês (pt) m
• Romanian: feroez, faroez
• Russian: фаре́рский (ru) (farérskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothach
• Slovak: faerský
• Slovene: ferski (sl)
• Spanish: faroés
• Swedish: färöisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: фаре́рський (farérsʹkyj)

Noun

Faroish

1. A person from the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islander.

Translations

person from the Faroe Islands — see Faroese

Proper noun

Faroish

1. The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
   • 1893, The ballad minstrelsy of Scotland:

     The same story is found in Icelandic, Norse, Faroish, and Estnish ballads, as well as in the Swedish and Danish, and a nearly related one in many other ballads or tales — German, Polish, Lithuanian, [...]

Translations

language — see Faroese

Anagrams

• oarfish