fjórir

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr. Cognates include Faroese fýra and Danish fire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfjouːrɪr/ === Numeral === fjórir (plural only, feminine fjórar, neuter fjögur) four Þar sátu fjórir menn. ― Four men were sitting there. Hún er fjögurra. ― She is four years old. ==== Usage notes ==== When counting out loud, the contraction fjór is frequently used. Einn, tveir, þrír, fjór. ― One, two, three, four. ==== Declension ==== The genitive fjögra is common in speech, but fjögurra is preferred in writing. A recent alternative genitive form, fjagra, is very widespread in spoken language, but is only occasionally used in writing. ==== Derived terms ==== fjarki undir fjögur augu á fjórum fótum === References === == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. The elder form with -ð- is still visible in the name of Fjaðryndaland (Old Swedish Fiæþrundaland). Proto-Germanic intervocalic d was pronounced ð. === Numeral === fjórir (cardinal number) four fjögurra vegna — to the four cardinal points ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: fjórir Faroese: fýra Norn: fyre Norwegian Nynorsk: fjore (archaic, Høgnorsk) Elfdalian: fyra Old Swedish: fiūrir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri Swedish: fyra Old Danish: fiūræ, fiūghræ, fȳræ, firæ Danish: fire Norwegian Bokmål: fire → Norwegian Nynorsk: fire === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fjórir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive