roð

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Elfdalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse rauðr.

Adjective[edit]

roð

  1. red

Inflection[edit]

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From rotin, referring to the sheepskin being plucked after becoming slightly rotten.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

roð n (genitive singular roðs, plural roð)

  1. sheepskin without wool
  2. spot on a sheepskin without wool
  3. (rare) sheepskin with wool
  4. (archaic) fish skin

Declension[edit]

Declension of roð
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative roð roðið roð roðini
accusative roð roðið roð roðini
dative roð, roði roðnum roðum roðunum
genitive roðs roðsins roða roðanna

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lockwood, W. B. (1985). Føroysk-Ensk ordabók: with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs : and a section by W.B. Lockwood on Faroese pronunciation. Austria: Mansk-Svenska Publishing Company, p. 463
  2. ^ Ro in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 667)

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse roð.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

roð n (genitive singular roðs, nominative plural roð)

  1. fishskin

Declension[edit]