tarfur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tarfr, from Old Irish tarb, from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (compare Latin taurus, Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Norse þjórr → Icelandic þjór).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰarvʏr/

  Rhymes: -arvʏr

Noun

tarfur m (genitive singular tarfs, nominative plural tarfar)

1. bull

Declension

declension of tarfur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tarfur	tarfurinn	tarfar	tarfarnir
accusative	tarf	tarfinn	tarfa	tarfana
dative	tarfi	tarfinum	törfum	törfunum
genitive	tarfs	tarfsins	tarfa	tarfanna

Synonyms

• (bull): boli, naut, tuddi

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)