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hvítur
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur)
Declension
Derived terms
- hvítligur
See also
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hvítur (comparative hvítari, superlative hvítastur)
- white
- Hún var hvít sem snjór.
- She was white as snow.
Declension
Derived terms
- hrímhvítur (“rime-white, snow white”)
- hvítabjörn m (“polar bear”)
- Hvítarússland (“White Russia”)
- hvítasunna f (“Whitsun, Whitsuntide”)
- hvítblæði n (“leukaemia”)
- hvítkál n (“white cabbage”) (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba)
- hvítlaukur m (“garlic”)
- hvítna (“to turn white; to pale”)
- hvítrússneska (“Byelorussian”)
- hvítstorkur (“a white stork”)
- hvítur fyrir hærunum (“with greying hair”)
- hvítvín n (“white wine”)
- sjá eitthvað svart á hvítu (“to see something in black and white”)
- svart á hvítu (“black and white”)
Related terms
- hvíta (“white of an egg”)
See also
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 |
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