ærgi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Irish áirge. Compare Scottish Gaelic àirigh (“hill pasture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɹt͡ʃɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɹt͡ʃɪ
• Homophones: argi, argið

Noun

ærgi n (genitive singular ærgis, plural ærgi or ærgir)

1. a pasture for cattle to graze over the summer with a hut where the people tending them live meanwhile; a shieling, saeter

Usage notes

• Because of dialectal variation, when in compounded placenames, this word is sometimes spelled as pronounced in that area, thus the existence of both the form Argisá and Ergisá. On modern maps, these are spelled Ærgisá.

Declension

Declension of ærgi (n25)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ærgi	ærgið	ærgi, ærgir	ærgini
accusative	ærgi	ærgið	ærgi, ærgir	ærgini
dative	ærgi	ærginum	ærgjum	ærgjunum
genitive	ærgis	ærgisins	ærgja	ærgjanna

Derived terms

• Ærgisá
• Ærgisdalur

Related terms

• Argir