bævur

Faroese

Etymology

From Middle Low German bever, from Old Saxon biƀar, biƀor, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛaːvʊɹ/

Noun

bævur m (genitive singular bævurs, plural bævrar)

1. beaver

Declension

m19	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bævur	bævurin	bævrar	bævrarnir
accusative	bævur	bævurin	bævrar	bævrarnar
dative	bævri	bævrinum	bævrum	bævrunum
genitive	bævurs	bævursins	bævra	bævranna

Noun

bævur n (genitive singular bævurs, plural bævur)

1. (archaic) (stinking) secretion of the beaver, used in order to keep whales away from fishing vessels. In the Faroes, where no beavers live, were also used other matters like juniper under the same name "bævur".

   bævur er í sjónum

   it is impossible to fish there

Declension

n13	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bævur	bævrið	bævur	bævrini
accusative	bævur	bævrið	bævur	bævrini
dative	bævri	bævrinum	bævrum	bævrunum
genitive	bævurs	bævursins	bævra	bævranna