frískur

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, *fersk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of feskur.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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frískur (comparative frískari, superlative frískastur)

  1. healthy, well, sane
  2. fresh, untainted, unspoiled
  3. quite many

Declension

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Declension of frískur (a24)
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative frískur frísk frískt
Accusative frískan fríska frískt
Dative frískum frískari frískum
Genitive frísks frískar/
frískrar
frísks
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative frískir frískar frísk
Accusative frískar frískar frísk
Dative frískum frískum frískum
Genitive fríska/
frískra
fríska/
frískra
fríska/
frískra

Synonyms

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, *fersk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of ferskur.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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frískur (comparative frískari, superlative frískastur)

  1. healthy
    Synonym: heilbrigður
  2. sprightly, lively
    Synonym: fjörugur

Inflection

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Derived terms

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