kerra

See also: ķerra and ķerrā

Estonian

Noun

kerra

1. illative singular of kera

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛrːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛrːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kerra, from Latin carrus. Cognate with Faroese kerra, Norwegian kjerre, Swedish kärra, Danish kærre.

Noun

kerra f (genitive singular kerru, nominative plural kerrur)

1. cart, barrow
2. trailer (unpowered wheeled vehicle)
3. pram, stroller

Declension

Declension of kerra (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kerra	kerran	kerrur	kerrurnar
accusative	kerru	kerruna	kerrur	kerrurnar
dative	kerru	kerrunni	kerrum	kerrunum
genitive	kerru	kerrunnar	kerra	kerranna

Derived terms

• barnakerra (“pram, stroller”)
• hestakerra (“horse-drawn cart”)
• innkaupakerra (“shopping trolley”)
• kerrusmiður (“cartwright”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kerra, from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną. Compare Old English ċierran (“to turn”) (> English char, chore).

Verb

kerra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kerrti, supine kerrt)

1. to throw back (the head) [with accusative]

   Synonyms: reigja, sveigja aftur

Conjugation

kerra – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að kerra
supine sagnbót		kerrt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		kerrandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	kerri	kerrti		kerri	kerrti
	þú	kerrir	kerrtir		kerrir	kerrtir
	hann, hún, það	kerrir	kerrti		kerri	kerrti
plural	við	kerrum	kerrtum		kerrum	kerrtum
	þið	kerrið	kerrtuð		kerrið	kerrtuð
	þeir, þær, þau	kerra	kerrtu		kerri	kerrtu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	kerr (þú), kerrtu
plural	þið	kerrið (þið), kerriði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kerrast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að kerrast
supine sagnbót		kerrst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		kerrandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	kerrist	kerrtist		kerrist	kerrtist
	þú	kerrist	kerrtist		kerrist	kerrtist
	hann, hún, það	kerrist	kerrtist		kerrist	kerrtist
plural	við	kerrumst	kerrtumst		kerrumst	kerrtumst
	þið	kerrist	kerrtust		kerrist	kerrtust
	þeir, þær, þau	kerrast	kerrtust		kerrist	kerrtust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	kerrst (þú), kerrstu
plural	þið	kerrist (þið), kerristi1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kerrtur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kerrtur	kerrt	kerrt	kerrtir	kerrtar	kerrt
accusative (þolfall)	kerrtan	kerrta	kerrt	kerrta	kerrtar	kerrt
dative (þágufall)	kerrtum	kerrtri	kerrtu	kerrtum	kerrtum	kerrtum
genitive (eignarfall)	kerrts	kerrtrar	kerrts	kerrtra	kerrtra	kerrtra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kerrti	kerrta	kerrta	kerrtu	kerrtu	kerrtu
accusative (þolfall)	kerrta	kerrtu	kerrta	kerrtu	kerrtu	kerrtu
dative (þágufall)	kerrta	kerrtu	kerrta	kerrtu	kerrtu	kerrtu
genitive (eignarfall)	kerrta	kerrtu	kerrta	kerrtu	kerrtu	kerrtu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Latin carrus.

Noun

kerra f (genitive kerru, plural kerrur)

1. a chariot

Declension

Declension of kerra (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kerra	kerran	kerrur	kerrurnar
accusative	kerru	kerruna	kerrur	kerrurnar
dative	kerru	kerrunni	kerrum	kerrunum
genitive	kerru	kerrunnar	kerrna	kerrnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kerra
• Faroese: kerra
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerre; (dialectal) kjerra, kjørr, kjarra
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerre
• Swedish: kärra
• Danish: kærre