grønur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse grǿnn, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz, whence also English green.

Adjective

grønur (comparative grønari, superlative grønastur)

green

Declension

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Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	grønur	grøn	grønt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	grønan	grøna	grønt
Dative (hvørjumfall)	grønum	grønari	grønum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(grøns)	(grønar)	(grøns)

Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	grønir	grønar	grøn
Accusative (hvønnfall)	grønar	grønar	grøn
Dative (hvørjumfall)	grønum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(grøna)

Derived terms

blágrønur (“blue-green”)
dimmgrønur (“dark green”)
grønt pipar (“green pepper”)
grønt te (“green tea”)
gulgrønur (“yellow-green”)
ljósagrønur (“bright green, light green”)
myrkagrønur (“dark green”)

Related terms

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

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