reyður

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Adjective

reyður (comparative reyðari, superlative reyðastur)

red

Declension

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Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	reyður	reyð	reytt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	reyðan	reyða	reytt
Dative (hvørjumfall)	reyðum	reyðari	reyðum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(reyðs)	(reyðar)	(reyðs)

Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	reyðir	reyðar	reyð
Accusative (hvønnfall)	reyðar	reyðar	reyð
Dative (hvørjumfall)	reyðum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(reyða)

Derived terms

dimmreyður, myrkareyður (“dark red”)
ljósareyður (“pink”, literally “light red”)
reyðgulur

Related terms

bláur (“blue”)
brandgulur (“orange”)
brúnur (“brown”)
gráur (“grey”)
grønur (“green”)
gulur (“yellow”)
hvítur (“white”)
litur m (“colour”)
svartur (“black”)
viólbláur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse reyðr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈreiːðʏr/
Rhymes: -eiːðʏr
Homophone: reiður

Noun

reyður f (genitive singular reyðar, nominative plural reyðar)

rorqual (whale of the family Balaenopteridae)
arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Declension

declension of reyður

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s1	singular		plural
nominative	reyður	reyðurin	reyðar	reyðarnar
accusative	reyði	reyðina	reyðar	reyðarnar
dative	reyði	reyðinni	reyðum	reyðunum
genitive	reyðar	reyðarinnar	reyða	reyðanna

Derived terms

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