fljótur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fljótr, synchronically analyzed as fljóta (“to float”) +‎ -ur, thus "swift like many floating objects".

Pronunciation

Adjective

fljótur (comparative fljótari, superlative fljótastur)

  1. swift, quick, fast
    Þú skalt vera fljótur eða ég nái þér. ― You better be quick or I'll catch up to you.

Declension

positive forms of fljótur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fljótur fljót fljótt
accusative fljótan fljóta
dative fljótum fljótri fljótu
genitive fljóts fljótrar fljóts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fljótir fljótar fljót
accusative fljóta
dative fljótum
genitive fljótra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fljóti fljóta fljóta
acc/dat/gen fljóta fljótu
plural (all-case) fljótu
comparative forms of fljótur
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) fljótari fljótari fljótara
plural (all-case) fljótari
superlative forms of fljótur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fljótastur fljótust fljótast
accusative fljótastan fljótasta
dative fljótustum fljótastri fljótustu
genitive fljótasts fljótastrar fljótasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fljótastir fljótastar fljótust
accusative fljótasta
dative fljótustum
genitive fljótastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fljótasti fljótasta fljótasta
acc/dat/gen fljótasta fljótustu
plural (all-case) fljótustu

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