maðra

See also: madra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse maðra, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ; compare Swedish madra, Norwegian modre, English madder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaðra/
• Rhymes: -aðra

Noun

maðra f (genitive singular möðru, nominative plural möðrur)

1. bedstraw, galium (plant of the genus Galium)

Declension

Declension of maðra (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	maðra	maðran	möðrur	möðrurnar
accusative	möðru	möðruna	möðrur	möðrurnar
dative	möðru	möðrunni	möðrum	möðrunum
genitive	möðru	möðrunnar	maðra	maðranna

Derived terms

• geislamaðra (“gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides”)
• gulmaðra (“yellow bedstraw, Galium verum”)
• hvítmaðra (“slender bedstraw, Galium normanii”)
• krossmaðra (“northern bedstraw, Galium boreale”)
• laugamaðra (“fen bedstraw, Galium uliginosum”)
• mýramaðra (“common marsh bedstraw, Galium palustre”)
• þrenningarmaðra (“three-petal bedstraw, Galium trifidum”)