gæfur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gæfr (“comfortable”), from Proto-Germanic *gēbiz, cognate with Danish gæv (“brave”) and Dutch gaaf (“complete, smooth”). Derived from the verb *gebaną (“to give”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gæfur (comparative gæfari, superlative gæfastur)

  1. gentle, good-natured, mild-mannered

Declension

positive forms of gæfur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gæfur gæf gæft
accusative gæfan gæfa
dative gæfum gæfri gæfu
genitive gæfs gæfrar gæfs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gæfir gæfar gæf
accusative gæfa
dative gæfum
genitive gæfra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gæfi gæfa gæfa
acc/dat/gen gæfa gæfu
plural (all-case) gæfu
comparative forms of gæfur
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) gæfari gæfari gæfara
plural (all-case) gæfari
superlative forms of gæfur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gæfastur gæfust gæfast
accusative gæfastan gæfasta
dative gæfustum gæfastri gæfustu
genitive gæfasts gæfastrar gæfasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gæfastir gæfastar gæfust
accusative gæfasta
dative gæfustum
genitive gæfastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gæfasti gæfasta gæfasta
acc/dat/gen gæfasta gæfustu
plural (all-case) gæfustu
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