blár

See also: blàr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blár, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plauːr/
  • Rhymes: -auːr

Adjective

blár (comparative blárri, superlative bláastur)

  1. blue (colour)

Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative blár blá blátt
accusative bláan bláa blátt
dative bláum blárri bláu
genitive blás blárrar blás
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláir bláar blá
accusative bláa bláar blá
dative bláum bláum bláum
genitive blárra blárra blárra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative blái bláa bláa
accusative bláa bláu bláa
dative bláa bláu bláa
genitive bláa bláu bláa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláu bláu bláu
accusative bláu bláu bláu
dative bláu bláu bláu
genitive bláu bláu bláu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative blárri blárri blárra
accusative blárri blárri blárra
dative blárri blárri blárra
genitive blárri blárri blárra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative blárri blárri blárri
accusative blárri blárri blárri
dative blárri blárri blárri
genitive blárri blárri blárri
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláastur bláust bláast
accusative bláastan bláasta bláast
dative bláustum bláastri bláustu
genitive bláasts bláastrar bláasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláastir bláastar bláust
accusative bláasta bláastar bláust
dative bláustum bláustum bláustum
genitive bláastra bláastra bláastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláasti bláasta bláasta
accusative bláasta bláustu bláasta
dative bláasta bláustu bláasta
genitive bláasta bláustu bláasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláustu bláustu bláustu
accusative bláustu bláustu bláustu
dative bláustu bláustu bláustu
genitive bláustu bláustu bláustu

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also
Colors in Icelandic · litir (layout · text)
     hvítur; mjallhvítur      grár      svartur
             rauður; fagurrauður, djúprauður              appelsínugulur, gulrauður, órans (dated); brúnn, dökkbrúnn; fölvi, mórauður              gulur; rjómagulur
             gulgrænn, mosagrænn              grænn             
             blágrænn; grænblár              heiðblár, fagurblár, himinblár, safírblár              blár
             fjólublár; dimmfjólublár, indígóblár              blárauður; rauðfjólublár (fjólublár), purpuralitur              bleikur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, whence also Old English bleow, blāw, Old High German blāo (German blau).

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈblɑːr/

Adjective

blár

  1. blue, often denoting a dark colour, blue-black, black

Declension
    Strong declension of blár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative blár blá blátt
accusative bláan bláa blátt
dative bláum blárri bláu
genitive blás blárrar blás
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláir bláar blá
accusative bláa bláar blá
dative bláum bláum bláum
genitive blárra blárra blárra
    Weak declension of blár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative blái bláa bláa
accusative bláa bláu bláa
dative bláa bláu bláa
genitive bláa bláu bláa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative bláu bláu bláu
accusative bláu bláu bláu
dative bláum bláum bláum
genitive bláu bláu bláu

Descendants
  • Icelandic: blár
  • Faroese: bláur
  • Norn: blå
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blå; (dialectal) blår, blår’e, blå’u
  • Jamtish: błá
  • Elfdalian: blå
  • Old Swedish: blār
  • Old Danish: blā
  • Gutnish: blåar, blaar
  • Scanian: bláer
  • → Middle English: bla, blaa, blo, bloo

See also
Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)
     hvítr      grár, hǫss      svartr
             rauðr; rauðgulr              [Term?]; brúnn, jarpr              gulr; [Term?]
             [Term?]              grœnn             
             [Term?]; [Term?]              [Term?]              blár
             víolat; [Term?]              [Term?]; [Term?]              [Term?]
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