héri
See also: heri, Heri, and herí
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
- IPA(key): /ˈçɛːrɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛːrɪ
Noun
héri m (genitive singular héra, nominative plural hérar)
- a hare
Declension
declension of héri
| 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