Contionary:sfarth

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Scots Norse

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz. Cognate to Icelandic svartur, Faroese svartur, Norn swart, Swedish svart, Danish sort.

Adjective

sfarth (comparative sfarthar, superlative sfarthast)

  1. black

Declension

Declension of sfarth
positive masculine feminine plural
nominative sfarth L sfarth sfarthar
genitive sfarths sfarthar sfarth L
dative sfarth E sfaerth L sfarthu E
comparative masculine feminine plural
nom./gen. sfarthar sfarthir sfarthir
dative sfarthar sfarthir sfarthuru E
superlative masculine feminine plural
nominative sfarthast L sfarthust sfarthastar
genitive sfarthasts sfarthastar sfarthast L
dative sfarthust E sfarthist L sfarthustu E

L Triggers lenition   E Triggers eclipsis

Noun

sfarth f (lenite, uncountable)

  1. black

Declension

Declension of sfarth (feminine, singular)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative sfarth
genitive sfarths
dative sfaerth
definite
singular plural
nominative hi zfarth
genitive hinhar sfarths
dative hình sfaerth
vocative a shfarth

See also

Colors in Scots Norse · lìthar (layout · text)
     vìoth      grà      sfarth
             ròdh              ghiarph; brù              gùl
             vàenh              griò              minnus
             glas              blàrr              èghr
             vad              corch              clerit

Mutation

Mutated forms of sfarth
radical lenition eclipsis
sfarth shfarth zfarth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scots Norse.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.