þari

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þari. Cognate with Faroese tari, Norwegian tare. Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (to twist).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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þari m (genitive singular þara, nominative plural þarar)

  1. kelp (seaweed of the order Laminariales)
  2. a seabed covered with kelp

Declension

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    Declension of þari
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þari þarinn þarar þararnir
accusative þara þarann þara þarana
dative þara þaranum þörum þörunum
genitive þara þarans þara þaranna

Derived terms

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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (to twist), related to Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ, belt), Old Prussian tarkue, Latin torqueō (I twist, wind), Sanskrit तर्कु (tarkú, spindle).

Noun

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þari m

  1. kelp, seaweed

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: þari
  • Faroese: tari
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tare; (dialectal) tarre
  • Swedish: tare
  • Danish: tare, tarre

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