Faroese weakly conjugated definite nouns

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The masculine noun risi (giant), the feminie noun dunna (duck) and the neuter noun eyga (eye) are conjugated this way.

Eintal	Kallkyn	Kvennkyn	Hvørkikyn
Hvørfall	risi n	dunna n	eyga ð
Hvønnfall	risa n	dunnu na	eyga ð
Hvørjumfall	risa num	dunnu ni	eyga num
Hvørsfall	risa ns	dunnu nnar	eyga ns
Fleirtal
Hvørfall	risar nir	dunnur nar	eygu ni
Hvønnfall	risar nar	dunnur nar	eygu ni
Hvørjumfall	risu num	dunnu num	eygu num
Hvørsfall	risa nna	dunna nna	eygna nna

Note to masculine words: The definite ending is added to the indefinite ending risi - risin. Thus, in plural it is: risarnir, risarnar, and not risanir, risanar

Note to feminine words: We have to remember the difference between singular genitive and plural nominative and accusative: dunnunnar and dunnurnar. Both words sound the same, but are written differently.

Note to neuter words: We have to focus on plural genitive: eygnanna. Also note, that in singular nominative and accusative, the noun ends with -ð, when definite. Thus, it's eygað, oyrað (the ear), and not "eygaið" and "oyraið", as you often may hear.

Common for the weakly conjugated nouns is, that when the definite article is an ending, only the n or ð or hin or hið is left. (risin, dunnan, eygað)

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