fjórir

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Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fjórir     Ordinal : fjórði

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjouːrir/

Number

fjórir m pl, fjórar f pl, fjögur n pl

1. four; the cardinal number after þrír (“three”) and before fimm (“five”).

   Sjáðu! Fjórir menn.

   Look! Four men.

Declension

Numerals
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-	-	-		fjórir	fjórar	fjögur
accusative	-	-	-		fjóra	fjórar	fjögur
dative	-	-	-		fjórum	fjórum	fjórum
genitive	-	-	-		fjögurra/ fjögra	fjögurra/ fjögra	fjögurra/ fjögra

Derived terms

• klukkan fjögur
• undir fjögur augu
• á fjórum fótum

See also

• fjarki (noun)

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Numeral

fjórir

1. four

   fjögurra vegna — to the four cardinal points

Declension

    Declension of fjórir

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

Related terms

• (ordinal form) fjórði

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjórir
• Faroese: fýra
• Norn: fyre
• Norwegian: fire
• Elfdalian: fyra
• Old Swedish: fiūrir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri
  • Swedish: fyra
• Old Danish: fiuræ, fyræ, firæ
  • Danish: fire

References

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