héri
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse *héri, from Proto-Germanic *hezô, a variant of Proto-Germanic *hasô. Kroonen (2011) states that the Icelandic é in this word arose from the breaking of a short e into ja, the result of which underwent an r-umlaut to je, eventually merging with é /jɛː/ in Icelandic. [1]
Pronunciation
Noun
héri m (genitive singular héra, nominative plural hérar)
- a hare
Declension
Declension of héri | ||||
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m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | héri | hérinn | hérar | hérarnir |
accusative | héra | hérann | héra | hérana |
dative | héra | héranum | hérum | hérunum |
genitive | héra | hérans | héra | héranna |
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) “The *e ~ *a type”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pages 200-201
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːrɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːrɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
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- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Mammals