mjór
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mjouːr/
- Rhymes: -ouːr
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maiwaz (“slim, narrow”).
Declension
Strong declension of mjór
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mjór | mjó | mjótt |
| accusative | mjóvan | mjóva | mjótt |
| dative | mjóvum | mjórri | mjóvu |
| genitive | mjós | mjórrar | mjós |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | mjóvir | mjóvar | mjó |
| accusative | mjóva | mjóvar | mjó |
| dative | mjóvum | mjóvum | mjóvum |
| genitive | mjórra | mjórra | mjórra |
Weak declension of mjór
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mjóvi | mjóva | mjóva |
| accusative | mjóva | mjóvu | mjóva |
| dative | mjóva | mjóvu | mjóva |
| genitive | mjóva | mjóvu | mjóva |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | mjóvu | mjóvu | mjóvu |
| accusative | mjóvu | mjóvu | mjóvu |
| dative | mjóvum | mjóvum | mjóvum |
| genitive | mjóvu | mjóvu | mjóvu |
Declension of comparative of mjór
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mjóvari | mjóvari | mjóvara |
| accusative | mjóvara | mjóvari | mjóvara |
| dative | mjóvara | mjóvari | mjóvara |
| genitive | mjóvara | mjóvari | mjóvara |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | mjóvari | mjóvari | mjóvari |
| accusative | mjóvari | mjóvari | mjóvari |
| dative | mjóvurum | mjóvurum | mjóvurum |
| genitive | mjóvari | mjóvari | mjóvari |
Strong declension of superlative of mjór
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mjóvastr | mjóvust | mjóvast |
| accusative | mjóvastan | mjóvasta | mjóvast |
| dative | mjóvustum | mjóvastri | mjóvustu |
| genitive | mjóvasts | mjóvastrar | mjóvasts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | mjóvastir | mjóvastar | mjóvust |
| accusative | mjóvasta | mjóvastar | mjóvust |
| dative | mjóvustum | mjóvustum | mjóvustum |
| genitive | mjóvastra | mjóvastra | mjóvastra |
Weak declension of superlative of mjór
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mjóvasti | mjóvasta | mjóvasta |
| accusative | mjóvasta | mjóvustu | mjóvasta |
| dative | mjóvasta | mjóvustu | mjóvasta |
| genitive | mjóvasta | mjóvustu | mjóvasta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | mjóvustu | mjóvustu | mjóvustu |
| accusative | mjóvustu | mjóvustu | mjóvustu |
| dative | mjóvustum | mjóvustum | mjóvustum |
| genitive | mjóvustu | mjóvustu | mjóvustu |
References
- mjór in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
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