tryggur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggr.

Adjective

tryggur

1. safe, secure

Declension

tryggur a20
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	tryggur	trygg	trygt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tryggan	trygga
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tryggum	tryggari	tryggum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(trygs)	(tryggar/ trygrar)	(trygs)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	tryggir	tryggar	trygg
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tryggar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tryggum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(trygga trygra)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggr (“true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz. Cognate with the Old English trīewe (English true), Old High German triuwi (German trau); Dutch trouw; Danish tryg, Faroese tryggur, Norwegian Bokmål trygg and Swedish trygg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪkːʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪkːʏr

Adjective

tryggur (comparative tryggari, superlative tryggastur)

1. loyal, faithful

   Hundurinn hennar er mjög tryggur.

   Her dog is very loyal.

2. (of things) which can be trusted, safe

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggur	trygg	tryggt
accusative	tryggan	trygga	tryggt
dative	tryggum	tryggri	tryggu
genitive	tryggs	tryggrar	tryggs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggir	tryggar	trygg
accusative	trygga	tryggar	trygg
dative	tryggum	tryggum	tryggum
genitive	tryggra	tryggra	tryggra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggi	trygga	trygga
accusative	trygga	tryggu	trygga
dative	trygga	tryggu	trygga
genitive	trygga	tryggu	trygga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggu	tryggu	tryggu
accusative	tryggu	tryggu	tryggu
dative	tryggu	tryggu	tryggu
genitive	tryggu	tryggu	tryggu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggari	tryggari	tryggara
accusative	tryggari	tryggari	tryggara
dative	tryggari	tryggari	tryggara
genitive	tryggari	tryggari	tryggara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggari	tryggari	tryggari
accusative	tryggari	tryggari	tryggari
dative	tryggari	tryggari	tryggari
genitive	tryggari	tryggari	tryggari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggastur	tryggust	tryggast
accusative	tryggastan	tryggasta	tryggast
dative	tryggustum	tryggastri	tryggustu
genitive	tryggasts	tryggastrar	tryggasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggastir	tryggastar	tryggust
accusative	tryggasta	tryggastar	tryggust
dative	tryggustum	tryggustum	tryggustum
genitive	tryggastra	tryggastra	tryggastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggasti	tryggasta	tryggasta
accusative	tryggasta	tryggustu	tryggasta
dative	tryggasta	tryggustu	tryggasta
genitive	tryggasta	tryggustu	tryggasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggustu	tryggustu	tryggustu
accusative	tryggustu	tryggustu	tryggustu
dative	tryggustu	tryggustu	tryggustu
genitive	tryggustu	tryggustu	tryggustu