hvørs
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== Faroese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [kvœʃ]
=== Pronoun ===
hvørs m or n
whose, genitive singular masculine of hvør
whose, genitive singular of hvat
==== Usage notes ====
The genitive form is rare. For instance
hvørs bátur er hetta? - whose boat is this?
sounds somewhat stilted. Common would be an expression like
hvør eigur henda bátin? - who owns this boat?
Usage as a relative pronoun in formal written style can look like this:
Ísland, hvørs fíggjarstøða er ring ... - Iceland, whose financial situation is bad ...
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
hvørsfall (genitive)
=== References ===
Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. 126)