maðra
See also: madra
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse maðra, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ; compare Swedish madra, Norwegian modre, English madder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaðra/
- Rhymes: -aðra
Noun
maðra f (genitive singular möðru, nominative plural möðrur)
- bedstraw, galium (plant of the genus Galium)
Declension
declension of maðra
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | maðra | maðran | möðrur | möðrurnar |
| accusative | möðru | möðruna | möðrur | möðrurnar |
| dative | möðru | möðrunni | möðrum | möðrunum |
| genitive | möðru | möðrunnar | maðra | maðranna |
Derived terms
- geislamaðra (“gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides”)
- gulmaðra (“yellow bedstraw, Galium verum”)
- hvítmaðra (“slender bedstraw, Galium normanii”)
- krossmaðra (“northern bedstraw, Galium boreale”)
- laugamaðra (“fen bedstraw, Galium uliginosum”)
- mýramaðra (“common marsh bedstraw, Galium palustre”)
- þrenningarmaðra (“three-petal bedstraw, Galium trifidum”)