roð

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rod"

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse rauðr.

Adjective

roð

  1. red

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Faroese

Etymology

From rotin, referring to the sheepskin being plucked after becoming slightly rotten.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɹoː]

Noun

roð n (genitive singular roðs, plural roð)

  1. sheepskin without wool
  2. spot on a sheepskin without wool
  3. (rare) sheepskin with wool
    • (proverb) eyðkendur er úlvur í roði [2]
      distinctive is the wolf in sheepskin (a wolf in sheep's clothing)
  4. (archaic) fish skin

Declension
Declension of roð
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative roð roðið roð roðini
accusative roð roðið roð roðini
dative roð, roði roðnum roðum roðunum
genitive roðs roðsins roða roðanna

References
  1. Lockwood, W. B. (1985). Føroysk-Ensk ordabók: with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs : and a section by W.B. Lockwood on Faroese pronunciation. Austria: Mansk-Svenska Publishing Company, p. 463
  2. Ro in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 667)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse roð.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɔːð/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːð

Noun

roð n (genitive singular roðs, nominative plural roð)

  1. fishskin

Declension
declension of roð
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative roð roðið roð roðin
accusative roð roðið roð roðin
dative roði roðinu roðum roðunum
genitive roðs roðsins roða roðanna
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