fjórir
IcelandicEdit
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| 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)
- four
- Sjáðu! Fjórir menn.
- Look! Four men.
DeclensionEdit
declension of fjórir
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
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 181.
Old NorseEdit
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| Cardinal : fjórir Ordinal : fjórði | ||
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
NumeralEdit
fjórir
- four
- fjögurra vegna — to the four cardinal points
DeclensionEdit
Declension of fjórir
Related termsEdit
- (ordinal form) fjórði
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: fjórir
- Faroese: fýra
- Norn: fyre
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fire, fjore (archaic, Høgnorsk)
- Norwegian Bokmål: fire
- Elfdalian: fyra
- Old Swedish: fiūrir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri
- Swedish: fyra
- Old Danish: fiuræ, fyræ, firæ
- Danish: fire
ReferencesEdit
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press