hár

See also: Appendix:Variations of "har"

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔaːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔaːɹ

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, plural hár)

  1. hair

Declension

Declension of hár
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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hauːr/
  • Rhymes: -auːr

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

hár (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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hár n (genitive singular hárs, nominative plural hár)

  1. hair
    Þú hefur fallegt hárin.
    You have pretty hairs.
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Cognate with the Faroese háur, hávur,[1] Norwegian Bokmål hai and Swedish haj.

Noun

hár m (genitive singular hás, nominative plural hávar)

  1. (archaic) a dogfish syn.
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Anagrams

  • hrá

References

  1. ↑ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

hár

  1. h-prothesized form of ár

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Old English hēah, Old Frisian hāch, Old Saxon hōh, Old High German hōh, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs).

Adjective

hár (comparative hærri, superlative hæstr)

  1. high, tall
Declension
    Weak declension of hár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hávi háva háva
accusative háva hávu háva
dative háva hávu háva
genitive háva hávu háva
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hávu hávu hávu
accusative hávu hávu hávu
dative hávum hávum hávum
genitive hávu hávu hávu
    Declension of comparative of hár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hærri hærra hærra
accusative hærra hærri hærra
dative hærra hærri hærra
genitive hærra hærri hærra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hærri hærri hærri
accusative hærri hærri hærri
dative hærrum hærrum hærrum
genitive hærri hærri hærri
    Strong declension of superlative of hár
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hæstr hæst hæst
accusative hæstan hæsta hæst
dative hæstum hæstri hæstu
genitive hæsts hæstrar hæsts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hæstir hæstar hæst
accusative hæsta hæstar hæst
dative hæstum hæstum hæstum
genitive hæstra hæstra hæstra
Descendants

Etymology 2

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 n

  1. hair
Descendants

Etymology 3

Noun

hár m (genitive hás, plural háir)

  1. spiny dogfish
    First Grammatical Treatise, 84 22
    Har vex á kykvendum, en hȧr er fiskr.
    Hair grows on living things, but har is a fish.
Usage notes

The First Grammarian says that this word had a long nasalized vowel, marked with an overdot, and contrasts it with hár (“hair”), which does not.

Descendants
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