PRINCE— THE FAEROE LANGUAGE. 



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Definite Article Prefixed and Suffixed with Weak Adjective 



AND Noun. 



Faeroe {phonetic'). 

 N. hin goyi mavur-in 



G. (hins gova mans-ins) 

 D. hinum gova manni-num 

 A. hin gova mann-in 

 PI. N. hinir govu menn-inir 

 G. (hinna govu manna-na) 

 D. hinum govu mronnu-num 



A. hinar govu menn-ina 

 N. hin gova kona-n 



G. hinar govu konunnar 

 D. hini govu konu-ni 

 A. hina govu konu-na 

 16 Note the absence of umlaut in F. 

 is never used in Icel., but often in F. 



Icelandic, 

 hinn godhi madhur {-inn) 'the 



good man ' 

 hins godha manns (mannsins) 

 hinum godha manni (manninum) 

 hinn godJia mann (manninn) 

 hinir godhu menn (mennirnir) 

 hinna godhu manna (-na) 

 hinum godhu monnum (monnu- 



num) 

 hina godhu menn (mennina) 

 hin godha kona (-n) 'the good 



woman ' 

 hinnar godhu konu (konunar) 

 hinni godhu konu (konunni) 

 hina godhu konu (-na) 

 Note also that the indef. article einn 



