kampur

Icelandic
def. syn.A police officer with a moustache.
def. syn.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
  2. (uncommon, in the plural) whiskers

Declension
declension of kampur
m-s1 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

Synonyms
  • (mustache): yfirvararskegg / yfirvaraskegg, yfirskegg, grön
  • (whiskers): veiðihár, kjafthár

Derived terms
  • brosa í kampinn

References
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