þarmur
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þarmr, whence Danish tarm. Cognate with German Darm, obsolete English tharms (“twisted guts”)[1]. Compare Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “hole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθarmʏr/
- Rhymes: -armʏr
Noun
þarmur m (genitive singular þarms, nominative plural þarmar)
- (anatomy) intestine, gut
Declension
declension of þarmur
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | þarmur | þarmurinn | þarmar | þarmarnir |
| accusative | þarm | þarminn | þarma | þarmana |
| dative | þarmi | þarminum | þörmum | þörmunum |
| genitive | þarms | þarmsins | þarma | þarmanna |
Synonyms
- (intestine): görn
References
- tharms in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.