tristur

Faroese

Etymology 1

From tríggir (“three”).

Noun

tristur m (genitive singular trists, plural tristar)

  1. rowing boat with six oars and three rowers, 18 feet long
  2. (card games) three
  3. (stýrivolt) chosen threes (trump threes)
Declension
Declension of tristur
m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tristur tristurin tristar tristarnir
accusative trist tristin tristar tristarnar
dative tristi tristinum tristum tristunum
genitive trists tristsins trista tristanna
Synonyms
  • tríu, tríur

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.

Adjective

tristur (comparative tristari, superlative tristastur)

  1. (colloquial) sad, unhappy
Declension
tristur a5
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) tristur trist trist
Accusative (hvønnfall) tristan trista
Dative (hvørjumfall) tristum tristari tristum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (trists) (tristar/
tristrar)		 (trists)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) tristir tristar trist
Accusative (hvønnfall) tristar
Dative (hvørjumfall) tristum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (trista/
tristra)
Synonyms

Old French

Noun

tristur f (oblique plural tristurs, nominative singular tristur, nominative plural tristurs)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of tristor
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