reyður

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Adjective

reyður (comparative reyðari, superlative reyðastur)

1. red

Declension

reyður a15
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	reyður	reyð	reytt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	reyðan	reyða
Dative (hvørjumfall)	reyðum	reyðari	reyðum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(reyðs)	(reyðar)	(reyðs)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	reyðir	reyðar	reyð
Accusative (hvønnfall)	reyðar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	reyðum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(reyða)

Derived terms

• dimmreyður, myrkareyður (“dark red”)
• ljósareyður (“pink”, literally “light red”)
• reyðgulur

 

Related terms

• bláur (“blue”)
• brandgulur (“orange”)
• brúnur (“brown”)
• gráur (“grey”)
• grønur (“green”)
• gulur (“yellow”)
• hvítur (“white”)
• litur m (“colour”)
• svartur (“black”)
• viólbláur

 

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse reyðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreiːðʏr/
• Rhymes: -eiːðʏr
• Homophone: reiður

Noun

reyður f (genitive singular reyðar, nominative plural reyðar)

1. rorqual (whale of the family Balaenopteridae)
2. arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Declension

declension of reyður

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reyður	reyðurin	reyðar	reyðarnar
accusative	reyði	reyðina	reyðar	reyðarnar
dative	reyði	reyðinni	reyðum	reyðunum
genitive	reyðar	reyðarinnar	reyða	reyðanna

Derived terms

• steypireyður
• langreyður
• hrafnreyður