grár

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grár (comparative grárri, superlative gráastur)

  1. grey, gray

Declension

Positive forms of grár
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative grár grá grátt
accusative gráan gráa
dative gráum grárri gráu
genitive grás grárrar grás
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráir gráar grá
accusative gráa
dative gráum
genitive grárra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative grái gráa gráa
acc/dat/gen gráa gráu
plural (all-case) gráu
Comparative forms of grár
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) grárri grárri grárra
plural (all-case) grárri
Superlative forms of grár
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráastur gráust gráast
accusative gráastan gráasta
dative gráustum gráastri gráustu
genitive gráasts gráastrar gráasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráastir gráastar gráust
accusative gráasta
dative gráustum
genitive gráastra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráasti gráasta gráasta
acc/dat/gen gráasta gráustu
plural (all-case) gráustu

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Adjective

grár (feminine grá, neuter grátt)

  1. grey
  2. spiteful

Declension

Contracted forms may later be uncontracted by analogy, especially in later texts, resulting in forms such as gráan instead of grán (masculine accusative singular).

Strong declension of grár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative grár grá grátt
accusative grán grá grátt
dative grám grárri grá
genitive grás grárrar grás
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráir grár grá
accusative grá grár grá
dative grám grám grám
genitive grárra grárra grárra
Weak declension of grár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative grái grá grá
accusative grá grá grá
dative grá grá grá
genitive grá grá grá
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative grá grá grá
accusative grá grá grá
dative grám grám grám
genitive grá grá grá

Descendants

See also

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

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “grár”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170; also available at the Internet Archive