Contionary:hàmar: Difference between revisions

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

hàmar m (triggers lenition, plural hàmrarr or hàmararr)

stone
a steep cliff, crag; a rock face
hammer (tool)
1. (dated, offensive) someone with an intellectual disability.
  arr ha nhàmar, è? ― he's a hammer, eh? (compare "not the sharpest tool")
(dated or obsolete) porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Synonym: (modern) hàmarghàchal

Mutated forms of *hàmar*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
hàmar	ghàmar	nhàmar

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

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 ====Noun====
-{{head|snon|noun|g=m}}
+{{head|snon|noun|g=m|triggers lenition||plural|hàmrarr|or|hàmararr}}
-# stone
+#stone
-# a steep cliff, crag; a rock face
+#a steep cliff, crag; a rock face
-# hammer {{g|tool}}
+#hammer {{g|tool}}
-# {{lb|snon|obsolete}} {{taxon|porbeagle|Lamna nasus}}
+##{{lb|snon|dated|offensive}} someone with an intellectual disability.
-#:{{syn|snon|hàmar'ácal<q:modern>}}
+##:{{uxi|snon|{{term|arr ha nhàmar}}, è?|he's a hammer, eh? <small>(compare "not the sharpest tool")</small>}}
-=====Declension=====
+#{{lb|snon|dated|or|obsolete}} {{taxon|porbeagle|Lamna nasus}}
-{{snon-decl|hàmar|1l='àmar}}
+#:{{syn|snon|hàmarghàchal<q:modern>}}
-====Mutation====
+===Mutation===
 {{snon-mut}}