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)

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

Declension

Declension of þari (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
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

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “þari”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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

1. kelp, seaweed

Descendants

• Icelandic: þari
• Faroese: tari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tare; (dialectal) tarre
• Swedish: tare
• Danish: tare, tarre

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “þari”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)