fjórir

Icelandic

**Icelandic cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : fjórir Ordinal : fjórði

Etymology

From Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfjouːrir/

Number

fjórir m pl, fjórar f pl, fjögur n pl

four; the cardinal number after þrír (“three”) and before fimm (“five”).
Sjáðu! Fjórir menn.
Look! Four men.

Declension

Numerals
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-	-	-		fjórir	fjórar	fjögur
accusative	-	-	-		fjóra	fjórar	fjögur
dative	-	-	-		fjórum	fjórum	fjórum
genitive	-	-	-		fjögurra/ fjögra	fjögurra/ fjögra	fjögurra/ fjögra

Derived terms

See also

fjarki (noun)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

fjórir

four
fjögurra vegna — to the four cardinal points

Declension

Declension of fjórir

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjórir	fjórar	fjǫgur
accusative	fjóra	fjórar	fjǫgur
dative	fjórum	fjórum	fjórum
genitive	fjǫgurra	fjǫgurra	fjǫgurra

Related terms

(ordinal form) fjórði

Descendants

Icelandic: fjórir
Faroese: fýra
Norn: fyre
Norwegian: fire
Elfdalian: fyra
Old Swedish: fiūrir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri
- Swedish: fyra
Old Danish: fiuræ, fyræ, firæ
- Danish: fire

References

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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