kampur

Icelandic

A police officer with a moustache.

A cat's whiskers.

Etymology

From Old Norse kanpr, kampr, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰam̥pʏr/

  Rhymes: -am̥pʏr

Noun

kampur m (genitive singular kamps, nominative plural kampar)

1. (uncommon) mustache

   Synonyms: yfirvararskegg, yfirvaraskegg, yfirskegg, grön

2. (uncommon, in the plural) whiskers

   Synonyms: veiðihár, kjafthár

Declension

Declension of kampur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kampur	kampurinn	kampar	kamparnir
accusative	kamp	kampinn	kampa	kampana
dative	kampi	kampinum	kömpum	kömpunum
genitive	kamps	kampsins	kampa	kampanna

Derived terms

• brosa í kampinn

References

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