kjarr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kjarr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰarː/

Noun

kjarr n (genitive singular kjarrs, nominative plural kjörr)

1. brushwood, copsewood

Declension

declension of kjarr

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kjarr	kjarrið	kjörr	kjörrin
accusative	kjarr	kjarrið	kjörr	kjörrin
dative	kjarri	kjarrinu	kjörrum	kjörrunum
genitive	kjarrs	kjarrsins	kjarra	kjarranna

Synonyms

• (brushwood): hrís

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Old Norse

Etymology

Compare Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”).

Noun

kjarr n

1. copsewood, brushwood, thicket

Descendants

• Icelandic kjarr
• Danish: kær

References

• “kjarr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press