ærgi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Irish áirge. Compare Scottish Gaelic àirigh (“hill pasture”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaɹt͡ʃɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɹt͡ʃɪ
  • Homophones: argi, argið

Noun

ærgi n (genitive singular ærgis, plural ærgi or ærgir)

  1. a pasture for cattle to graze over the summer with a hut where the people tending them live meanwhile; a shieling, saeter

Usage notes
  • Because of dialectal variation, when in compounded placenames, this word is sometimes spelled as pronounced in that area, thus the existence of both the form Argisá and Ergisá. On modern maps, these are spelled Ærgisá.

Declension
n25 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ærgi ærgið ærgi(r) ærgini
Accusative ærgi ærgið ærgi(r) ærgini
Dative ærgi ærginum ærgjum ærgjunum
Genitive ærgis ærgisins ærgja ærgjanna

Derived terms
  • Ærgisá
  • Ærgisdalur
  • Argir
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