kervi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kerfi, kjarf, likely from Proto-Germanic *kerbą, a derivation of Proto-Germanic *krebô (“basket, bucket”). Cognate with Icelandic kerfi (“system”), Norwegian Bokmål kjerv, Norwegian Nynorsk kjerve and kjerv (“bundle, sheaf”), Swedish kärve (“sheaf”), Danish kærv (“sheaf”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃʰɛɹvɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹvɪ

Noun

kervi n (genitive singular kervis, plural kervi or kervir)

  1. A bundle of sedge; a sheaf.
  2. (neologism) A system or network.

Declension

Declension of kervi (n24)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kervi kervið kervi, kervir kervini
accusative kervi kervið kervi, kervir kervini
dative kervi kervnum, kervinum kervum kervunum
genitive kervis kervisins kerva kervanna

References

  1. ^ Íslensk orðsifjabók

Further reading

"kervi" at Sprotin.fo

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