þari

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þari. Cognate with Faroese tari, Norwegian tare. Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (to twist).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθaːrɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aːrɪ

Noun

þari m (genitive singular þara, nominative plural þarar)

  1. kelp (seaweed of the order Laminariales)
  2. a seabed covered with kelp

Declension

Declension of þari (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þari þarinn þarar þararnir
accusative þara þarann þara þarana
dative þara þaranum þörum þörunum
genitive þara þarans þara þaranna

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (to twist), related to Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ, belt), Old Prussian tarkue, Latin torqueō (I twist, wind), Sanskrit तर्कु (tarkú, spindle).

Noun

þari m

  1. kelp, seaweed

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þari
  • Faroese: tari
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tare; (dialectal) tarre
  • Swedish: tare
  • Danish: tare, tarre

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