brúnur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse brúnn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHn-.

Adjective

brúnur (comparative brúnari, superlative brúnastur)

brown

Declension

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Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	brúnur	brún	brúnt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	brúnan	brúna	brúnt
Dative (hvørjumfall)	brúnum	brúnari	brúnum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(brúns)	(brúnar)	(brúns)

Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	brúnir	brúnar	brún
Accusative (hvønnfall)	brúnar	brúnar	brún
Dative (hvørjumfall)	brúnum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(brúna)

Derived terms

brúnligur (“brownish”)
brúnsvartur (“brownish black”)
dimmbrúnur, myrkabrúnur (“dark brown”)
ljósabrúnur (“light brown, tan”)
brúngráur
grábrúnur
gulbrúnur

Related terms

bláur (“blue”)
gráur (“grey”)
grønur (“green”)
gulur (“yellow”)
hvítur (“white”)
litur m (“colour”)
reyður (“red”)
svartur (“black”)

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