160 PRINCE— THE FAEROE LANGUAGE. 



PI. N. liinar govu konur-nar hinar godhu konur (-nar) 



G. hina govu kona-na Jiinna godhu kvenna (kvennana) 



D. h'mum govum konunum hinum godhu konum (konunum) 



A. hinar govu konur-nar hina godhu konur (-na) 



N. hitt gova badn-i hidh godha barn (-idJi) 'the good 



child ' 

 G. (hins gova badns-ins) Jiins godha barns- (ins) 



D. hinum gova badn-inum hinu godha barni (barninu) 



A. hitt gova badni hidh godha barn (-idh) 



PI. N. hini govu bodn-ini hin godhu born (bornin) 



G. hinna govu badna-na hinna godhu barna (barnana) 



D. hinum govu bodn-unum hinum godhu bornum (bornu- 



num) 

 A. liini govu bodn-ini hin godhu born {bornin) 



Here it should be noted that the original genitive has practically 

 disappeared in F. colloquial, having been replaced by the analytical 

 form with the prep, kjd (tshoa), as husidh kjd pabba (hiiisi tshoa 

 pabba) ' the father's house.' This tendency is the same as that seen 

 in mod. Bulgarian, which has practically discarded all the complicated 

 Slavonic case-endings in favor of prepositions. Another new and 

 striking form of the gen. in personal names is very much used in the 

 Faeroes at present, especially in Straumoy, viz., Yoakups-sar boatur 

 ' Jacob's boat ' ; Annu sa bouk ' Anna's book.' As Haegstad remarks 

 (Vesfnorske Maalfore, p. 137), this seems to remind the observer of 

 the West-Norse gen. with the poss. sin, as Jakob sin baat; Anna si 

 bok, but it is really quite different in every respect, as the F. form 

 employs the indeclinable sa. This form seems to have its origin in 

 the many F. personal names which end in -5 in the nom. preceded by 

 a vowel, and have a gen. in -ar, of which combination the indeclinable 

 sa is probably a corruption. In connection with the above paradigms 

 the following facts should be observed : Note in the F. masc. indef . 

 adj., the ace. pi. appearance of -ar as compared with Icel. -a. In the 

 F. fem. indef. adj., note the insertion of the a-helping vowel in the 

 dat. sg. -ari; Icel. -ri. In the F. neut. indef. adj., observe the reten- 

 tion of -ni in the dat. sg., as -um (pr. -un) ; Icel. u. 



In the F. definite declension, the suffixed article may be and usu- 

 ally is retained with the prefixed article hin, hin, hit. This phenom- 

 enon occurs also in modern Swedish: den goda(e) mannen 'the good 



