From Old Norse þarmr, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz; whence Danish tarm. Cognate with German Darm, obsolete English tharms (“twisted guts”).[1] Compare Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “hole”).
þarmur m (genitive singular þarms, nominative plural þarmar)
Declension of þarmur | ||||
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m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | þarmur | þarmurinn | þarmar | þarmarnir |
accusative | þarm | þarminn | þarma | þarmana |
dative | þarmi | þarminum | þörmum | þörmunum |
genitive | þarms | þarmsins | þarma | þarmanna |