There are 127 templates in the Category:Faroese verb inflection-table templates, so there is many verb conjugation types. This is the list for Faroese verb inflection/conjugation types, including irregular verbs.
Groups (with templates) | Description |
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Weak verbs | |
Any verbs with past with dental suffix (like -d-, -ð-, -t-, -að-, and others.), including weak verbs with local ablauts. | |
v-1 | Past in -d-. |
v-2 | Same as type v-1, but past are devoiced to -t-. |
v-3 | Stem in diphthong or vowel + -ð-, past with doubled consonant (-dd-) and supine in -tt. |
v-4 | Stem in vowel. |
v-5 | Infinitive in -da, past changed from *-dd- to -d-. |
v-6 | Infinitive in consonant + -ða, past in -d-. Not to be confused with type v-3. |
v-7 | Stem in two different consonants (-Ct-), past tense and supine elided. |
v-8 | Stem in double consonants (-CC-), later simplified to -C- in past and supine. |
v-9 | Same as type v-8, but past are devoiced to -t-. |
v-10 | Infinitive in -gja, -Cj- (⟨j⟩ pronounced "y") are simplified to -C- when preceding consonants, front vowels and in end of a word. |
v-11 | Same as type v-10, but past are devoiced to -t-. |
v-12 | Infinitive in -CCja, -CCj- (C are in ⟨g⟩) are simplified to -CC- (preceding front vowels), later -C- (preceding consonants). |
v-13 | Same as type v-12, but the -C- are in unvoiced consonants. |
v-14 | Same as type v-12, with -ei- → -o- ablaut variations. |
v-15 | Same as type v-14, but past are devoiced to -t-. |
v-16 | Same as v-11, with -e- → -a- ablaut variations. |
v-17 | Infinitive in -rja, with -e- → -a- ablaut variations. |
v-18 | Infinitive in -ja, with stem ending in consonants other than velars (-g- and -k-), with -e- → -a- ablaut variations. Vekja are sometimes inflected with this type. |
v-19 | Same as type v-18, with -y- → -u- ablaut variations. |
v-20 | Same as type v-12, but somewhat distinct from type v-12. Singular past tense are in -ð-, with -e- → -a- (past participle and supine) → -ø- (plural past tenses) ablaut variations. |
v-21 | Same as v-18, but without ablauts. |
v-23 | Same as v-17, with -y- → -u- ablaut variations. |
v-24 | Same as v-23, but past tense are devoiced to -t-. |
v-25 | Same as v-1, but past participle, supine and singular imperative are in -aður, -að, and -a, respectively. |
v-27 | Stem ending in -á-. |
v-29 | Same as v-2, but past participle, 2nd and 3rd person present and singular imperative are in -að, -ar, and -a, respectively. |
v-30 | Past in -að-. More commonly used in entries than type v-1. |
v-31 | Past with shift from C¹VC² to C¹jVC² (C¹ are ⟨g⟩). |
v-32 | Stem ending in two different consonants, elided in past from *-C¹C²ð- to -ð-, with -ú- → -ý- ablaut variations in singular present tenses. |
v-33 | Same as v-32, but with -ó- → -ø- ablaut variations in singular present tenses. |
v-34 | Infinitive in -ggja, present and past elided to -r and -ð-, respectively. |
Strong verbs | |
Any verbs without dental suffixes, of which only consists of ablauts to distinguish some tenses. | |
v-35 | Class 1 ablaut variation. |
v-36 | Same as type v-35, but stem in -Cj (-C- are velars), later simplified to -C in supine, past participle, singular present and past tenses. |
v-37 | Class 2 ablaut variations. |
v-38 | Same as v-37, but it is applied to verbs in CCjV- → CCV- (-CC- in velars) before -ey- ablauts. |
v-39 | Same as v-38, but -CC- consists of consonants other than velars. |
v-40 | Same as v-37, but with -ú- in infinitive and plural present. |
v-41 | Same as v-40, with infinitive in -va. |
Faroese strong verbs exhibits these ablaut classes. Any unlisted ablauts is listed above, usually the past tenses being ablauted.
Ablaut class | Infinitive/1sg present | 2sg/3sg present | Past | Plural present | Plural past | Supine |
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1 | -í- | -ei- | -í- | -i- | ||
2 | -ó-/-u- | -ý- | -ey- | -ó- | -u- | -o- |
3 | -e-/-i-/-ø- | -a- | -i- | -u- | -o-/-u- | |
4 | -e-/-o- | -e- | -a- | -ó- | -o- | |
-o- | -e- | -o- | ||||
5 | -i- | -á- | -i- | -ó- | -i- | |
6 | -a- | -e- | -ó- | -a- | -ó- | -a- |
7 | -á- | -æ- | -e- | -á- | -i- |