hrútur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hrútr, from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̥uːtʏr/

  Rhymes: -uːtʏr

Noun

hrútur m (genitive singular hrúts, nominative plural hrútar)

1. a ram (male sheep)
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,
     kallar á nafna sinn:
     „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
     hrygg og gæruskinn.“
     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
     krummi nafni minn.

     “Krummi croaks outside,
     calling his namesake:
     ‘I found the head of a ram,
     backbone and sheepskin.’
     Come now and peck with me,
     Krummi, my namesake.”

   Coordinate terms: kind, rolla

Declension

Declension of hrútur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hrútur	hrúturinn	hrútar	hrútarnir
accusative	hrút	hrútinn	hrúta	hrútana
dative	hrúti, hrút	hrútnum	hrútum	hrútunum
genitive	hrúts	hrútsins	hrúta	hrútanna

Derived terms

• Hrúturinn

Further reading

• “hrútur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)