mår
See also: maar and Appendix:Variations of "mar"
Danish
Alternative forms
- Maar (pre-1948 spelling)
Etymology
From Old Danish mord, marth, from Old Norse mǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.
Declension
Declension of mår
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mår | måren | mårer | mårerne |
| genitive | mårs | mårens | mårers | mårernes |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- mord (see that for dialectal pronunciations)
Etymology
From Old Norse mǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːr/
Noun
mår m (definite singular måren, indefinite plural mårar, definite plural mårane)
- a pine marten, Martes martes
- a marten, a shortlegged omnivorous animal of the genus, Martes
- 1895, Olav Ejkland, Vetteren:
- […] so lejtar me rundt i skogar og hejdar etter skrubb og gaupe og reve og mår.
- […] then we search forests and moors for wolf and lynx and fox and marten.
Derived terms
References
- “mår” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
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