þarmur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þarmr, whence Danish tarm. Cognate with German Darm, obsolete English tharms (“twisted guts”)[1]. Compare Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “hole”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθarmʏr/
    Rhymes: -armʏr

Noun

þarmur m (genitive singular þarms, nominative plural þarmar)

  1. (anatomy) intestine, gut

Declension
declension of þarmur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þarmur þarmurinn þarmar þarmarnir
accusative þarm þarminn þarma þarmana
dative þarmi þarminum þörmum þörmunum
genitive þarms þarmsins þarma þarmanna

Synonyms

References
  1. tharms in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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