brattur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse brattr, brantr, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Cognate with Icelandic brattur, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

Adjective

brattur (comparative brattari, superlative brattastur)

1. steep

Declension

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Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	brattur	bratt/ brøtt	bratt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	brattan	bratta
Dative (hvørjumfall)	brattum/ brøttum	brattari	brattum/ brøttum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(brats)	(brattar)	(brats)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	brattir	brattar	bratt/ brøtt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	brattar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	brattum/ brøttum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(bratta)

Antonyms

• slættur

Related terms

• fjall
• tindur
• berg
• brekka

See also

• langur
• breiður
• víður
• høgur
• stórur
• tjúkkur
• turrur
• vátur
• lýggjur
• kaldur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brattr, brantr, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Cognate with Faroese brattur, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

Adjective

brattur (comparative brattari, superlative brattastur)

1. steep
2. straight, upright
3. vigorous, lively

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brattur	brött	bratt
accusative	brattan	bratta	bratt
dative	bröttum	brattri	bröttu
genitive	bratts	brattrar	bratts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brattir	brattar	brött
accusative	bratta	brattar	brött
dative	bröttum	bröttum	bröttum
genitive	brattra	brattra	brattra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bratti	bratta	bratta
accusative	bratta	bröttu	bratta
dative	bratta	bröttu	bratta
genitive	bratta	bröttu	bratta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bröttu	bröttu	bröttu
accusative	bröttu	bröttu	bröttu
dative	bröttu	bröttu	bröttu
genitive	bröttu	bröttu	bröttu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brattari	brattari	brattara
accusative	brattari	brattari	brattara
dative	brattari	brattari	brattara
genitive	brattari	brattari	brattara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brattari	brattari	brattari
accusative	brattari	brattari	brattari
dative	brattari	brattari	brattari
genitive	brattari	brattari	brattari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brattastur	bröttust	brattast
accusative	brattastan	brattasta	brattast
dative	bröttustum	brattastri	bröttustu
genitive	brattasts	brattastrar	brattasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brattastir	brattastar	bröttust
accusative	brattasta	brattastar	bröttust
dative	bröttustum	bröttustum	bröttustum
genitive	brattastra	brattastra	brattastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brattasti	brattasta	brattasta
accusative	brattasta	bröttustu	brattasta
dative	brattasta	bröttustu	brattasta
genitive	brattasta	bröttustu	brattasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bröttustu	bröttustu	bröttustu
accusative	bröttustu	bröttustu	bröttustu
dative	bröttustu	bröttustu	bröttustu
genitive	bröttustu	bröttustu	bröttustu

Synonyms

• (steep): hallur
• (upright): fattur
• (lively): hress

Derived terms

• bera bratt hala sinn, (to hold one's head up high)
• bera ekki bratt hala sinn
• snarbrattur (precipitous, very steep)

Related terms

• bratti (steepness)
• brattlendi (steep ground)

References

• “brattur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.