svartur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -aɻ̥ʈʊɹ

Adjective

svartur (comparative svartari, superlative svartastur)

1. black

Declension

Derived terms

• brúnsvartur (“brownish black”)
• grásvartur (“grayish black”)

Related terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvar̥tʏr/
• Rhymes: -ar̥tʏr

Adjective

svartur (comparative svartari, superlative svartastur)

1. black
2. under the table (receiving income and not reporting it to the state)

Declension

Derived terms

• sorta (“black dye”)
• sorti (“darkness; dark weather”)
• sortna (“to darken”)
• surtur (“nigger”)
• Svartfjallaland n (“Montenegro”, literally “Black Mountain Land”)
• sverta (“to make black, to make dark”)
• svertingi (“black person”)
• syrta (“to grow dark”)

See also