Faroese irregular neuter nouns

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Aks (ear (of corn)), reiður (nest) and felag (fellowship, company)

Eintal
Hvørfall	aks	reiður	felag
Hvønnfall	aks	reiður	felag
Hvørjumfall	aksi	reiðri	felag(i)
Hvørsfall	aks	reiðurs	felags
Fleirtal
Hvørfall	øks	reiður	feløg
Hvønnfall	øks	reiður	feløg
Hvørjumfall	øksum	reiðrum	feløgum
Hvørsfall	aksa	reiðra	felaga

Examples of words conjugated like aks (without the umlaut):

bros (smile), fjós (barn), hús* (house), tos (singular) (speaking).

And with umlaut: gras (grass).
*When speaking of a residential house, only the plural is used: A house = eini hús.

Examples of words conjugated like reiður:

blomstur = flower
indur = the sheep's stomach, used to make blood sausages of
mynstur = pattern
portur = gate
róður = rutter
samdøgur = 24 hours
skjaldur = old children's rhyme
tjóður = rope used to tie sheep or horses
undur = miracle

Examples with umlaut:

kamar = room (plural: kømur)
tjaldur = oyster catcher (plural: tjøldur)
spjaldur = tag on a sheep showing who owns it (plural: spjøldur)

And only in singular:

eitur = poison
eystur = east
fjáltur = quivering, nervousness
gaman = jest, fun
hatur = hate
hindur = hinder
klandur = quarrel, disagreement
lóður = ammunition
myrkur = darkness
norður = north
okur = usury
silvur = silver
slatur = gossip
slupur = slimy mass. Used most about gelé-like meat in cods' heads.
smikur = flattery, adulation
suður = south
sukur = sugar
tigul = tile
timbur = lumber
vestur = west

And only in plural:

foreldur = parents / kløtur = irregularities in rocks, especially in a rock wall

Words conjugated like felag:

ankar = anchor
bikar = cup, calyx
kerald = cuplike thing for liquids
nummar = number (nummur or nummør in plural, nominative and accusative and numrum plural dative)
summar = summer (summur or summør in plural, nominative and accusative and sumrum plural dative)

The words skýggj (ský) (cloud) and búgv (bú) (inn-búgv = furniture) are conjugated so:

Eintal
Hvørfall	skýggj/ský	búgv/bú
Hvønnfall	skýggj/ský	búgv/bú
Hvørjumfall	skýggi	búgvi
Hvørsfall	skýs	bús
Fleirtal
Hvørfall	skýggj/ský	búgv/bú
Hvønnfall	skýggj/ský	búgv/bú
Hvørjumfall	skýgginum	búgvum
Hvørsfall	skýggja	bú(gv)a

Examples of words conjugated like skýggj:

goyggj = bark
kríggj = war (singular genitive: krígs)
skríggj = scream (singular genitive: skrígs)
stroyggj = tow
víggj = battle, killing (singular genitive: vígs)

Only in singular:

blýggj = lead
deiggj = dough
hoyggj = hay
hýggj = mould
royggj = Baldingera arundinacea
síggj = tarred woolrope, used when building boats
slýggj = mucous, mucous membrane

Only in plural:

týggj = ? something with horses

Examples of words conjugated like búgv:

plógv = plough/plow (singular genitive: plógs
prógv = proof (singular genitive: próvs
skúgv = push (singular genitive: skúvs
tjógv = thigh (on sheep)

Only in singular:

hógv = moderation (singular genitive: hóvs)
slógv = fish entrails (singular genitive: slógs)
tógv = yarn

Other irregular neuter nouns

Knæ (knee), træ (tree) and høvd/høvur (head).

Eintal
Hvørfall	knæ	træ	høvd/høvur
Hvønnfall	knæ	træ	høvd/høvur
Hvørjumfall	knæ(i)	træ(i)	høvdi
Hvørsfall	knæs	træs	høvuðs
Fleirtal
Hvørfall	knø/knæ	trø	høvd/høvur
Hvønnfall	knø/knæ	trø	høvd/høvur
Hvørjumfall	knøum	trøum	høvdum
Hvørsfall	kníggja	tríggja	høvda

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