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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse bleikr, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bleikur (comparative bleikari, superlative bleikastur)
- pale
Declension
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse bleikr, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz. Compare Old English blāc (“pale”). See also bleikja. More at bleak.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bleikur (comparative bleikari, superlative bleikastur)
- pink
Ég á bleikan bol.- I own a pink shirt.
- (archaic) pale
- Revelation 6-8 (English and Icelandic)
- Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
- I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Inflection
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
superlative (strong declension)
superlative (weak declension)
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Colors in Icelandic · litir (layout · text)
hvítur; mjallhvítur
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grár
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svartur
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rauður; fagurrauður, djúprauður
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appelsínugulur, gulrauður, órans (dated); brúnn, dökkbrúnn; fölvi, mórauður
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gulur; rjómagulur
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gulgrænn, mosagrænn
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grænn
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blágrænn; grænblár
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heiðblár, fagurblár, himinblár, safírblár
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blár
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fjólublár; dimmfjólublár, indígóblár
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blárauður; rauðfjólublár (fjólublár), purpuralitur
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bleikur
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