blár

See also: blàr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blár, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plauːr/
• Rhymes: -auːr

Adjective

blár (comparative blárri, superlative bláastur)

1. blue

Declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blár	blá	blátt
accusative	bláan	bláa	blátt
dative	bláum	blárri	bláu
genitive	blás	blárrar	blás
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláir	bláar	blá
accusative	bláa	bláar	blá
dative	bláum	bláum	bláum
genitive	blárra	blárra	blárra

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blái	bláa	bláa
accusative	bláa	bláu	bláa
dative	bláa	bláu	bláa
genitive	bláa	bláu	bláa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláu	bláu	bláu
accusative	bláu	bláu	bláu
dative	bláu	bláu	bláu
genitive	bláu	bláu	bláu

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blárri	blárri	blárra
accusative	blárri	blárri	blárra
dative	blárri	blárri	blárra
genitive	blárri	blárri	blárra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blárri	blárri	blárri
accusative	blárri	blárri	blárri
dative	blárri	blárri	blárri
genitive	blárri	blárri	blárri

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláastur	bláust	bláast
accusative	bláastan	bláasta	bláast
dative	bláustum	bláastri	bláustu
genitive	bláasts	bláastrar	bláasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláastir	bláastar	bláust
accusative	bláasta	bláastar	bláust
dative	bláustum	bláustum	bláustum
genitive	bláastra	bláastra	bláastra

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláasti	bláasta	bláasta
accusative	bláasta	bláustu	bláasta
dative	bláasta	bláustu	bláasta
genitive	bláasta	bláustu	bláasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláustu	bláustu	bláustu
accusative	bláustu	bláustu	bláustu
dative	bláustu	bláustu	bláustu
genitive	bláustu	bláustu	bláustu

    superlative (weak declension)

Derived terms

compounds

• blámaður m
• fagurblár
• fjólublár
• heiðblár
• himinblár
• ljósblár
• safírblár

 

See also

Colors in Icelandic · litir (layout · text)

hvítur; mjallhvítur	grár	svartur
rauður; fagurrauður, djúprauður	appelsínugulur, gulrauður, órans (dated); brúnn, dökkbrúnn; fölvi, mórauður	gulur; rjómagulur
gulgrænn, mosagrænn	grænn
blágrænn; grænblár	heiðblár, fagurblár, himinblár, safírblár	blár
fjólublár; dimmfjólublár, indígóblár	blárauður; rauðfjólublár (fjólublár), purpuralitur	bleikur

References

• “blár” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, whence also Old English bleow, blāw, Old High German blāo (German blau).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈblɑːr/

Adjective

blár

1. blue, often denoting a dark colour, blue-black, black

Declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blár	blá	blátt
accusative	bláan	bláa	blátt
dative	bláum	blárri	bláu
genitive	blás	blárrar	blás
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláir	bláar	blá
accusative	bláa	bláar	blá
dative	bláum	bláum	bláum
genitive	blárra	blárra	blárra

    Strong declension of blár

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blái	bláa	bláa
accusative	bláa	bláu	bláa
dative	bláa	bláu	bláa
genitive	bláa	bláu	bláa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bláu	bláu	bláu
accusative	bláu	bláu	bláu
dative	bláum	bláum	bláum
genitive	bláu	bláu	bláu

    Weak declension of blár

Descendants

• Icelandic: blár
• Faroese: bláur
• Norn: blå
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blå; (dialectal) blår, blår’e, blå’u
• Norwegian Bokmål: blå
• Jamtish: błá
• Elfdalian: blå
• Old Swedish: blār
  • Swedish: blå
• Old Danish: blā
  • Danish: blå
• Gutnish: blåar, blaar
• Scanian: bláer
• → Middle English: bla, blaa, blo, bloo
  • Scots: blae, bla
  • English: blae

See also

Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)

hvítr	grár, hǫss	svartr
rauðr; rauðgulr	brúnn, jarpr	gulr
	grœnn
		blár
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