kaldur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kaldr, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaltʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -altʊɹ

Adjective

kaldur (comparative kaldari, superlative kaldastur)

1. cold

Declension

Declension of kaldur (a8)
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	kaldur	køld	kalt
Accusative	kaldan	kalda	kalt
Dative	køldum	kaldari	køldum
Genitive	kalds	kaldar/ kaldrar	kalds
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	kaldir	kaldar	køld
Accusative	kaldar	kaldar	køld
Dative	køldum	køldum	køldum
Genitive	kalda kaldra	kalda kaldra	kalda kaldra

Antonyms

• heitur
• lýggjur
• varmur
• flógvur
• válgur

See also

• frysta
• torna
• turrur
• vátur
• harður
• hvassur
• dustutur
• slættur
• tjúkkur
• langur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kaldr (“cold”), from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz (“cold”), from Proto-Germanic *kalaną (“to be cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold; to freeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaltʏr/

  Rhymes: -altʏr

Adjective

kaldur (comparative kaldari, superlative kaldastur)

1. (of a thing) cold; having a low temperature

   Kalt járn.

   Cold iron.

   Mér er kalt á höndunum.

   My hands are cold.

2. (of the weather) cold; causing the air to be cold
3. cold; unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling

   Köld augu.

   Cold eyes.

   Kaldur svipur.

   A cold look.

4. cool, calm

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kaldur	köld	kalt
accusative	kaldan	kalda	kalt
dative	köldum	kaldri	köldu
genitive	kalds	kaldrar	kalds
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kaldir	kaldar	köld
accusative	kalda	kaldar	köld
dative	köldum	köldum	köldum
genitive	kaldra	kaldra	kaldra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kaldi	kalda	kalda
accusative	kalda	köldu	kalda
dative	kalda	köldu	kalda
genitive	kalda	köldu	kalda
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	köldu	köldu	köldu
accusative	köldu	köldu	köldu
dative	köldu	köldu	köldu
genitive	köldu	köldu	köldu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kaldari	kaldari	kaldara
accusative	kaldari	kaldari	kaldara
dative	kaldari	kaldari	kaldara
genitive	kaldari	kaldari	kaldara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kaldari	kaldari	kaldari
accusative	kaldari	kaldari	kaldari
dative	kaldari	kaldari	kaldari
genitive	kaldari	kaldari	kaldari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kaldastur	köldust	kaldast
accusative	kaldastan	kaldasta	kaldast
dative	köldustum	kaldastri	köldustu
genitive	kaldasts	kaldastrar	kaldasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kaldastir	kaldastar	köldust
accusative	kaldasta	kaldastar	köldust
dative	köldustum	köldustum	köldustum
genitive	kaldastra	kaldastra	kaldastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kaldasti	kaldasta	kaldasta
accusative	kaldasta	köldustu	kaldasta
dative	kaldasta	köldustu	kaldasta
genitive	kaldasta	köldustu	kaldasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	köldustu	köldustu	köldustu
accusative	köldustu	köldustu	köldustu
dative	köldustu	köldustu	köldustu
genitive	köldustu	köldustu	köldustu

Synonyms

• (having a low temperature): svalur
• (unfriendly): óvinsamlegur, kuldalegur
• (cool): svalur, óhræddur, rólegur

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “having a low temperature”): heitur

Derived terms

kalt meaning “cold”

• blákaldur
• ískaldur
• kaldi bakki
• kalt stríð
• vera kalt

kalt meaning “unfeeling”

• kalt á milli
• vera kalt til

See also

• svalur