jamar

Old High German

Alternative forms

• āmar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jāmar, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz.

Noun

jāmar m or n

1. suffering, sorrow, misery

Descendants

• (Middle High German: jāmer, āmer)
  • (German: Jammer)

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• giamar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jāmar, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz.

Noun

jāmar n

1. suffering, sorrow, misery

Derived terms

• jāmarmōd

Descendants

• (Middle Low German: jâmer, jammer)

Slovene

Etymology

From jama +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jáːmar/

Noun

jȃmar m anim

1. caver; spelunker (one who explores caves)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	jámar
gen. sing.	jámarja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	jámar	jámarja	jámarji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	jámarja	jámarjev	jámarjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	jámarju	jámarjema	jámarjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	jámarja	jámarja	jámarje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	jámarju	jámarjih	jámarjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	jámarjem	jámarjema	jámarji

Further reading

• “jamar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Verb

jamar

1. present indicative of jama

Anagrams

• Marja