fjós

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See also: fjos, and fjøs

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fjós.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fjós n (genitive singular fjós, plural fjós)

  1. a stable or barn for cattle; byre

Declension

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n11 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fjós fjósið fjós fjósini
Accusative fjós fjósið fjós fjósini
Dative fjósi fjósinum fjósum fjósunum
Genitive fjós fjósins fjósa fjósanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fjós.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fjós n (genitive singular fjóss, nominative plural fjós)

  1. a stable or barn for cattle; byre

Declension

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    Declension of fjós
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fjós fjósið fjós fjósin
accusative fjós fjósið fjós fjósin
dative fjósi fjósinu fjósum fjósunum
genitive fjóss fjóssins fjósa fjósanna

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Contraction of an early compound of (cattle) and hús (house).

However, Noreen denies this because of the nasalisation in Elfdalian, and reconstructs a compound of and the descendant of Proto-Germanic hansō (group).[1]

Noun

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fjós n

  1. byre

Descendants

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  • Faroese: fjós
  • Icelandic: fjós
  • Norwegian: fjos, fjøs
  • Elfdalian: fją̊s
  • Swedish: fjös, fjos, fjäs, fäjs

References

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