fjórir

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Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: fjórir
    Ordinal: fjórði
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4.
    Multiplier: fjögurfaldur
    Fractional: fjórði, fjórðungur

Etymology

From Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr.[1] Cognates include Faroese fýra and Danish fire.

Pronunciation

Numeral

fjórir (feminine fjórar, neuter fjögur)

  1. four
    Þar sátu fjórir menn.Four men were sitting there.
    Hún er fjögurra.She is four years old.

Usage notes

  • When counting out loud, the contraction fjór is frequently used.
    Einn, tveir, þrír, fjór.One, two, three, four.

Declension

The genitive fjögra is common in speech, but fjögurra is preferred in writing. A recent alternative genitive form, fjagra, is very widespread in spoken language, but is only occasionally used in writing.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 181 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
40,
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: fjórir
    Ordinal: fjórði
    Multiplier: ferfaldr, fjórfaldr
    Distributive: fern

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. The elder form with -ð- is still visible in the name of Fjaðryndaland (Old Swedish Fiæþrundaland). Proto-Germanic intervocalic d was pronounced ð.

Numeral

fjórir

  1. (cardinal number) four
    fjögurra vegna — to the four cardinal points

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press