blár

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See also: blàr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blár, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blár (comparative blárri, superlative bláastur)

  1. blue

Declension

Positive forms of blár
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative blár blá blátt
accusative bláan bláa
dative bláum blárri bláu
genitive blás blárrar blás
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláir bláar blá
accusative bláa
dative bláum
genitive blárra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative blái bláa bláa
acc/dat/gen bláa bláu
plural (all-case) bláu
Comparative forms of blár
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) blárri blárri blárra
plural (all-case) blárri
Superlative forms of blár
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláastur bláust bláast
accusative bláastan bláasta
dative bláustum bláastri bláustu
genitive bláasts bláastrar bláasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláastir bláastar bláust
accusative bláasta
dative bláustum
genitive bláastra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláasti bláasta bláasta
acc/dat/gen bláasta bláustu
plural (all-case) bláustu

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Icelandic · litir (layout · text)
     hvítur; mjallhvítur      grár      svartur
             rauður; fagurrauður, djúprauður              appelsínugulur, gulrauður, órans (dated); brúnn, dökkbrúnn; fölvi, mórauður              gulur; rjómagulur
             gulgrænn, mosagrænn              grænn             
             blágrænn; grænblár              heiðblár, fagurblár, himinblár, safírblár              blár
             fjólublár; dimmfjólublár, indígóblár              blárauður; rauðfjólublár (fjólublár), purpuralitur              bleikur

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, whence also Old English bleow, blāw, Old High German blāo (German blau).

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈblɑːr/

Adjective

blár

  1. blue, often denoting a dark colour, blue-black, black

Declension

Strong declension of blár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative blár blá blátt
accusative bláan bláa blátt
dative bláum blárri bláu
genitive blás blárrar blás
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláir bláar blá
accusative bláa bláar blá
dative bláum bláum bláum
genitive blárra blárra blárra
Weak declension of blár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative blái bláa bláa
accusative bláa bláu bláa
dative bláa bláu bláa
genitive bláa bláu bláa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláu bláu bláu
accusative bláu bláu bláu
dative bláum bláum bláum
genitive bláu bláu bláu

Descendants

See also

Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)
     hvítr      grár, hǫss      svartr
             rauðr; rauðgulr              brúnn, jarpr              gulr
                          grœnn             
                                       blár
             víolat