tjara

See also: tjära

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tjara, from Proto-Germanic *terwą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰjaːra/
    Rhymes: -aːra

Noun

tjara f (genitive singular tjöru, no plural)

  1. tar

Declension
declension of tjara
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative tjara tjaran
accusative tjöru tjöruna
dative tjöru tjörunni
genitive tjöru tjörunnar

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *terwǭ, *terwą.

Noun

tjara f (genitive tjǫru)

  1. tar

Declension
  Declension of tjara (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tjara tjaran tjǫrur tjǫrurnar
accusative tjǫru tjǫruna tjǫrur tjǫrurnar
dative tjǫru tjǫrunni tjǫrum tjǫrunum
genitive tjǫru tjǫrunnar tjarna tjarnanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: tjara
  • Faroese: tjøra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjære, tjøre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjære
  • Swedish: tjära
  • Danish: tjære

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

Pitjantjatjara

Adjective

tjara

  1. some
  2. a few
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