Faroese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin rosa, from Oscan, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *wurdi (flower), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo (sweetbriar).

Noun edit

rósa f (genitive singular rósu, plural rósur)

  1. rose (Rosa)
  2. (obsolete) beautiful coloured flower
  3. (kvæði) denotation for a woman
Declension edit
Declension of rósa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rósa rósan rósur rósurnar
accusative rósu rósuna rósur rósurnar
dative rósu rósuni rósum rósunum
genitive rósu rósunnar rósa rósanna
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse hrósa.

Verb edit

rósa (third person singular past indicative rósti, third person plural past indicative róst, supine róst)
rósa (third person singular past indicative rósaði, third person plural past indicative rósað, supine rósað)

  1. to laud, to praise, to cheer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of rósa (group v-29-30)
infinitive rósa
supine rósað
participle (a5
(a39)/a6)1
rósandi róstur/
rósaður
present past
first singular rósi rósti/
rósaði
second singular rósar rósti/
rósaði
third singular rósar rósti/
rósaði
plural rósa róstu/
rósaðu
imperative
singular rósa!
plural rósið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic edit

Noun edit

rósa f

  1. indefinite genitive plural of rós

Venetian edit

Adjective edit

rósa

  1. feminine singular of róso