þari

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þari. Cognate with Faroese tari, Norwegian tare. Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to twist”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθaːrɪ/
Rhymes: -aːrɪ

Noun

þari m (genitive singular þara, nominative plural þarar)

kelp (seaweed of the order Laminariales)
a seabed covered with kelp

Declension

declension of þari

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	þari	þarinn	þarar	þararnir
accusative	þara	þarann	þara	þarana
dative	þara	þaranum	þörum	þörunum
genitive	þara	þarans	þara	þaranna

Derived terms

þörungur (“alga”)

References

“þari” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

Old Norse

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to twist”), related to Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ, “belt”), Old Prussian tarkue, Latin torqueō (“I twist, wind”), Sanskrit तर्कु (tarkú, “spindle”).

Noun

þari m

kelp, seaweed

References

“þari” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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