kambr
Breton
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkãmp(r)/
Noun
kambr f (plural kambreier or kambroù)
Derived terms
- kambrad
- kambr-aes
- plac'h-a-gambr
- pod-kambr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kambaz, whence also Old English camb (English comb), Old High German kamb (German Kamm). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth (animate)”), whence also Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “peg”), Lithuanian žam̃bas, Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ, “tooth”), Russian зуб (zub, “tooth”).
Noun
kambr m
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kambr | kambrinn | kambar | kambarnir |
| accusative | kamb | kambinn | kamba | kambana |
| dative | kambi | kambinum | kǫmbum | kǫmbunum |
| genitive | kambs | kambsins | kamba | kambanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: kambur
- Faroese: kambur
- Norn: kamb, kåmb
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kamb, kam
- Elfdalian: kamb
- Old Swedish: kamber
- Old Danish: kamb
- Gutnish: kamb
- Scanian: køm
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kambr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive