Noun: kjarr
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | kjarr |
| Sg. Def. | kjarrinn |
| Pl. Indef. | kjarar |
| Pl. Def. | kjararnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | kjars |
| Sg. Def. | kjarsins |
| Pl. Indef. | kjara |
| Pl. Def. | kjaranna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | kjari |
| Sg. Def. | kjarinum |
| Pl. Indef. | kjarum |
| Pl. Def. | kjarunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | kjar |
| Sg. Def. | kjarinn |
| Pl. Indef. | kjara |
| Pl. Def. | kjarana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kjarr
skarfr,
øruggleikr,
stríðleikr,
greypleikr,
mildleikr,
hildileikr,
þykkleikr,
úfríðleikr,
vitrleikr,
jarldómr,
kunnleikr,
slœgleikr,
auraskortr,
tíðleikr,
roskinleikr,
horskleikr,
sandmelr,
døkkleikr,
skærleikr,
værleikr, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to twist, bend, turn”), see also Old Saxon kerian. This would make it related to keyra (“to whip”). Compare Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), also Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
γέρδιος'.
Verbs referencing "kjarr"
English Nouns
carr, Danish Nouns
kær, Finnish Nouns
kersa, Icelandic Nouns
kjarr, Ancient Greek Nouns
γέρρον, Swedish Nouns
kärr, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
kjerr, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
kjerr, Latin Nouns
gerdius.
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