Contionary:hàmar

Scots Norse

Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz. Cognate to Icelandic hamar, Faroese hamar, Swedish hammare, Danish hammer.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈho.mərʲ/

Noun

hàmar m (genitive hàmars, plural hamrar or hanrar or hàmarar)

1. stone
2. a steep cliff, crag; a rock face
3. hammer (tool)
4. (obsolete) porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

   Synonym: (modern) hamrahákalle

Declension

Inflection of hàmar (a-stem)

	indefinite			definite
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nom/acc	amrᶫ	àmararr		hi amrᶫ	hìnarr àmararr
dative	amrᶫ	omruᶰ		hìnu amrᶫ	hìnu omruᶰ
genitive	amrᶫ	amrᶫ		hin {{{1l}}}ᶫ	hinn {{{1l}}}ᶫ

ᶰ: triggers nasal mutation
ᶫ: triggers lenition

Due to many sound changes, "hamare" is quite irregular, this following table is more colloquial spellings that better show pronunciation.

Inflection of hàmar (a-stem)

	indefinite			definite
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nom/acc	anrᶫ	àmararr		hi anrᶫ	hìnarr àmararr
dative	anrᶫ	onruᶰ		hìnu anrᶫ	hìnu onruᶰ
genitive	anrᶫ	anrᶫ		hin {{{1l}}}ᶫ	hinn {{{1l}}}ᶫ

ᶰ: triggers nasal mutation
ᶫ: triggers lenition

And an uncontracted form (which is regular):

Inflection of hàmar (a-stem)

	indefinite			definite
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nom/acc	àmarᶫ	àmararr		hi àmarᶫ	hìnarr àmararr
dative	àmarᶫ	òmaruᶰ		hìnu àmarᶫ	hìnu òmaruᶰ
genitive	àmarᶫ	àmarᶫ		hin {{{1l}}}ᶫ	hinn {{{1l}}}ᶫ

ᶰ: triggers nasal mutation
ᶫ: triggers lenition

Mutation

Mutated forms of hàmar

radical	voiced	nasal	aspirate
hàmar	ghàmar	nhàmar	'àmar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scots Norse.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.