hár

See also har, hār, här, hår, and hær

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”).

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, plural hár)

1. hair

Declension

n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hár	hárið	hár	hárini
Accusative	hár	hárið	hár	hárini
Dative	hári	hárinum	hárum	hárunum
Genitive	hárs	hársins	hára	háranna

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hauːr/
• Rhymes: -auːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hár, hór, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

hár (feminine há, neuter hátt, comparative hærri, superlative hæstur)

1. high

   Múrinn er hár.

   The wall is high

2. tall

   Guð minn almáttugur! Þú ert orðinn svo hár!

   My god almighty! You've gotten so tall!

Derived terms

• há-

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”).

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, plural hár)

1. hair

   Þú hefur fallegt hár.

   You have pretty hair.

Declension

declension of hár

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hár	hárið	hár	hárin
accusative	hár	hárið	hár	hárin
dative	hári	hárinu	hárum	hárunum
genitive	hárs	hársins	hára	háranna

Derived terms

• hárgreiðsla
• hárþurrka
• í húð og hár
• skapahár
• skírnarhár

Related terms

• hæra

Etymology 3

Cognate with the Faroese háur, hávur, Norwegian hai and Swedish haj.

Noun

hár m

1. (archaic) a dogfish ^syn.

Related terms

• há-

Synonyms

• (dogfish ^def.): háfiskur, háfur

Anagrams

• hrá

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”). Compare Old Saxon and Old High German hār, Old English her, hǣr.

Noun

hár

1. hair

Descendants

• Danish: hår
• Faroese: hár
• Icelandic: hár
• Norwegian: hår
• Swedish: hår