kjarr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kjarr

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /cʰarː/

Noun

kjarr n (genitive singular kjarrs, nominative plural kjörr)

brushwood, copsewood

Declension

declension of kjarr

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

Synonyms

(brushwood): hrís

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

kjarr n

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, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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