fjórir

IcelandicEdit

Icelandic cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : fjórir
    Ordinal : fjórði

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr.[1] Cognates include Faroese fýra and Danish fire.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

fjórir (feminine fjórar, neuter fjögur)

  1. four
    Sjáðu! Fjórir menn.
    Look! Four men.

DeclensionEdit

declension of fjórir
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative fjórir fjórar fjögur
accusative fjóra fjórar fjögur
dative fjórum fjórum fjórum
genitive fjögurra, fjögra fjögurra, fjögra fjögurra, fjögra

Derived termsEdit

Usage notesEdit

  • When counting out loud, the contraction fjór is frequently used.
    Einn, tveir, þrír, fjór. ― One, two, three, four.
    Ég er með fjórir banana. ― I have four bananas.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 181.

Old NorseEdit

Old Norse cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : fjórir
    Ordinal : fjórði

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

NumeralEdit

fjórir

  1. four
    fjögurra vegna — to the four cardinal points

DeclensionEdit

    Declension of fjórir
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fjórir fjórar fjǫgur
accusative fjóra fjórar fjǫgur
dative fjórum fjórum fjórum
genitive fjǫgurra fjǫgurra fjǫgurra

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
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