tær

See also: taer, tåer, and Appendix:Variations of "ter"

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ér, þér, an Old Norse derivative of a variant of Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. The initial þ comes from the ð in the second person plural verb ending (e.g. hafið ér → reinterpreted as hafið þér).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰɛaːɹ/
(Suðuroy) IPA^(key): /tʰeːɹ/
Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ

Pronoun

tær

dative singular of tú
nominative/accusative plural of hon
nominative/accusative feminine plural of tann (“demonstrative pronoun”)
(archaic, poetic) you (plural)

Faroese personal pronouns
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1^st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2^nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3^rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans^†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar^†
		n	tað		tí	tess

plural	1^st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2^nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3^rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim^†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tær f pl

indefinite nominative/accusative plural of tá

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰaiːr/
Rhymes: -aiːr

Etymology 1

Adjective

tær (comparative tærari, superlative tærastur)

clear
Hafið er mjög tært.
The ocean is very clear.

Declension

Positive forms of *tær*
strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tær	tær	tært
	accusative	tæran	tæra	tært
	dative	tærum	tærri	tæru
	genitive	tærs	tærrar	tærs

	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tærir	tærar	tær
	accusative	tæra	tærar	tær
	dative	tærum
	genitive	tærra

weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tæri	tæra	tæra
	acc/dat/gen	tæra	tæru	tæra
	plural (all-case)	tæru

Comparative forms of *tær*
weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	tærari	tærari	tærara
	plural (all-case)	tærari

Superlative forms of *tær*
strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tærastur	tærust	tærast
	accusative	tærastan	tærasta	tærast
	dative	tærustum	tærastri	tærustu
	genitive	tærasts	tærastrar	tærasts

	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tærastir	tærastar	tærust
	accusative	tærasta	tærastar	tærust
	dative	tærustum
	genitive	tærastra

weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tærasti	tærasta	tærasta
	acc/dat/gen	tærasta	tærustu	tærasta
	plural (all-case)	tærustu

Etymology 2

Noun

tær f pl

indefinite nominative/accusative plural of tá

Middle English

Noun

tær

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of teer (“tear”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tær m or f

indefinite plural of tå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

tær f

indefinite plural of tå

Etymology 2

Verb

tær

imperative of tæra

Old English

Verb

tær

first/third-person singular preterite indicative of teran

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
accusative	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†	tað
dative	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
genitive	tess	teirrar	tess

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	teir	tær	tey
accusative	teir (tá)†	tær	tey
dative	teimum (teim)†
genitive	teirra