hópur
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hópr, an early borrowing from Middle Low German hôp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
hópur m (genitive singular hóps, plural hópar)
Declension
| Declension of hópur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hópur | hópurin | hópar | hóparnir |
| accusative | hóp | hópin | hópar | hóparnar |
| dative | hópi | hópinum | hópum | hópunum |
| genitive | hóps | hópsins | hópa | hópanna |
Related terms
References
- Lívfrøðilig frøðinevni (Jens-Kjeld Jensen & Marjun A. Simonsen) (nomenclature)
- Øktur føroyskur frøðinevnalisti (Jens-Kjeld Jensen) (Extended List of Nomenclature)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hópr, an early borrowing from Middle Low German hôp, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
hópur m (genitive singular hóps, nominative plural hópar)
- a group, a crowd
- Hópur fólks.
- A crowd of people.
- Mislitur hópur.
- A motley crowd.
- (statistics) population, universe; (group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn)
Declension
declension of hópur
Synonyms
See also
- úrtak (statistics: sample)