grár

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /krauːr/
    Rhymes: -auːr

Adjective

grár (comparative grárri, superlative gráastur)

  1. grey, gray

Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative grár grá grátt
accusative gráan gráa grátt
dative gráum grárri gráu
genitive grás grárrar grás
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráir gráar grá
accusative gráa gráar grá
dative gráum gráum gráum
genitive grárra grárra grárra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative grái gráa gráa
accusative gráa gráu gráa
dative gráa gráu gráa
genitive gráa gráu gráa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráu gráu gráu
accusative gráu gráu gráu
dative gráu gráu gráu
genitive gráu gráu gráu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative grárri grárri grárra
accusative grárri grárri grárra
dative grárri grárri grárra
genitive grárri grárri grárra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative grárri grárri grárri
accusative grárri grárri grárri
dative grárri grárri grárri
genitive grárri grárri grárri
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráastur gráust gráast
accusative gráastan gráasta gráast
dative gráustum gráastri gráustu
genitive gráasts gráastrar gráasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráastir gráastar gráust
accusative gráasta gráastar gráust
dative gráustum gráustum gráustum
genitive gráastra gráastra gráastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráasti gráasta gráasta
accusative gráasta gráustu gráasta
dative gráasta gráustu gráasta
genitive gráasta gráustu gráasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráustu gráustu gráustu
accusative gráustu gráustu gráustu
dative gráustu gráustu gráustu
genitive gráustu gráustu gráustu

Derived terms

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Adjective

grár (feminine grá, neuter grátt)

  1. grey
  2. spiteful

Declension

Contracted forms may later be uncontracted by analogy, especially in later texts, resulting in forms such as gráan instead of grán (masculine accusative singular).

    Strong declension of grár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative grár grá grátt
accusative grán grá grátt
dative grám grárri grá
genitive grás grárrar grás
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gráir grár grá
accusative grá grár grá
dative grám grám grám
genitive grárra grárra grárra
    Weak declension of grár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative grái grá grá
accusative grá grá grá
dative grá grá grá
genitive grá grá grá
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative grá grá grá
accusative grá grá grá
dative grám grám grám
genitive grá grá grá

Descendants
  • Icelandic: grár
  • Faroese: gráur
  • Norn: grå, grågi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grå; (dialectal) grår, grår’e, grå’u
  • Old Swedish: grār
  • Danish: grå
    • Norwegian Bokmål: grå
  • Gutnish: graar, grar, gra, graur

See also
Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)
     hvítr      grár, hǫss      svartr
             rauðr; rauðgulr              brúnn, jarpr              gulr
                          grœnn             
                                       blár
             víolat                          

References
  • grár in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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