reyður

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Adjective

reyður (comparative reyðari, superlative reyðastur)

red

Declension

Declension of reyður (a15)
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	reyður	reyð	reytt
Accusative	reyðan	reyða	reytt
Dative	reyðum	reyðari	reyðum
Genitive	reyðs	reyðar	reyðs
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	reyðir	reyðar	reyð
Accusative	reyðar	reyðar	reyð
Dative	reyðum	reyðum	reyðum
Genitive	reyða	reyða	reyða

Derived terms

dimmreyður, myrkareyður (“dark red”)
ljósareyður (“pink”, literally “light red”)
reyðgulur

Related terms

bláur (“blue”)
brandgulur (“orange”)
brúnur (“brown”)
gráur (“grey”)
grønur (“green”)
gulur (“yellow”)
hvítur (“white”)
litur m (“colour”)
svartur (“black”)
viólbláur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse reyðr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈreiːðʏr/
Rhymes: -eiːðʏr
Homophone: reiður

Noun

reyður f (genitive singular reyðar, nominative plural reyðar)

rorqual (whale of the family Balaenopteridae)
Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Declension

Declension of reyður (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reyður	reyðurin	reyðar	reyðarnar
accusative	reyði	reyðina	reyðar	reyðarnar
dative	reyði	reyðinni	reyðum	reyðunum
genitive	reyðar	reyðarinnar	reyða	reyðanna

Derived terms

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