mætur

See also: matur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mætr, from Proto-Germanic *mētijaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛaːʰtʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːʰtʊɹ
  • Homophone: matur

Adjective

mætur (comparative mætari, superlative mætastur)

  1. notable, valuable, mighty, excellent
  2. good, nice

Declension
mætur a1
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) mætur mæt mætt
Accusative (hvønnfall) mætan mæta
Dative (hvørjumfall) mætum mætari mætum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (mæts) (mætar) (mæts)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) mætir mætar mæt
Accusative (hvønnfall) mætar
Dative (hvørjumfall) mætum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (mæta)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mætr, from Proto-Germanic *mētijaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaiːtʏr/
  • Rhymes: -aiːtʏr

Adjective

mætur (comparative mætari, superlative mætastur)

  1. respected, distinguished

Declension
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætur mæt mætt
accusative mætan mæta mætt
dative mætum mætri mætu
genitive mæts mætrar mæts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætir mætar mæt
accusative mæta mætar mæt
dative mætum mætum mætum
genitive mætra mætra mætra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mæti mæta mæta
accusative mæta mætu mæta
dative mæta mætu mæta
genitive mæta mætu mæta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætu mætu mætu
accusative mætu mætu mætu
dative mætu mætu mætu
genitive mætu mætu mætu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætari mætari mætara
accusative mætari mætari mætara
dative mætari mætari mætara
genitive mætari mætari mætara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætari mætari mætari
accusative mætari mætari mætari
dative mætari mætari mætari
genitive mætari mætari mætari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætastur mætust mætast
accusative mætastan mætasta mætast
dative mætustum mætastri mætustu
genitive mætasts mætastrar mætasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætastir mætastar mætust
accusative mætasta mætastar mætust
dative mætustum mætustum mætustum
genitive mætastra mætastra mætastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætasti mætasta mætasta
accusative mætasta mætustu mætasta
dative mætasta mætustu mætasta
genitive mætasta mætustu mætasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative mætustu mætustu mætustu
accusative mætustu mætustu mætustu
dative mætustu mætustu mætustu
genitive mætustu mætustu mætustu

Noun

mætur f pl (plurale tantum)

  1. Only used in set phrases.

Usage notes

Declension
declension of mætur
f-w1 plural
indefinite definite
nominative mætur mæturnar
accusative mætur mæturnar
dative mætum mætunum
genitive mæta mætanna

Derived terms
  • hafa mætur á, hafa miklar mætur á (to prize somebody highly)
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