bjørn – Faroese noun declension

Faroese noun forms of bjørn

Noun: bjørn
Gender: f

Nominative

Sg. Indef.bjørn
Sg. Def.bjørnin
Pl. Indef.bjarnir
Pl. Def.bjarnirnar

Genitive

Sg. Indef.bjarnar
Sg. Def.bjarnarinnar
Pl. Indef.bjarna
Pl. Def.bjarnanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.bjørn
Sg. Def.bjørnini
Pl. Indef.bjørnum; bjarnum
Pl. Def.bjørnunum; bjarnunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.bjørn
Sg. Def.bjørnina
Pl. Indef.bjarnir
Pl. Def.bjarnirnar

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like bjørn

hvítabjørn, tváttarbjørn, bjørn, tjørn,

Etymology

1. From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô,
2. probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown, shining”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'bjǫrn'.

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