þarmur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þarmr, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz; whence Danish tarm. Cognate with German Darm, obsolete English tharms (“twisted guts”). 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

• (intestine): görn