jarn

See also: járn, järn, and jærn

Faroese
Chemical element
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Etymology

From Old Norse járn, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarno-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jatn/

Noun

jarn n (genitive singular jarns, plural jørn)

  1. iron

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), járn. Akin to English iron.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɑrn/

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. iron (the metallic element)
  2. iron (a tool made of iron)

References
  • “jarn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “jarn”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse járn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną (“iron”).

Noun

jarn

  1. iron

Descendants
  • Danish: jern

References

Old Norse

Noun

jarn n

  1. alternative form of járn

Declension
  Declension of jarn (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) jarnit jǫrn jǫrnin
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) jarnit jǫrn jǫrnin
dative jarni jarninu jǫrnum jǫrnunum
genitive jarns jarnsins jarna jarnanna

References
  • “jarn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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