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Faroese
Noun
dómari m (genitive singular dómara, plural dómarar)
- (law) judge
- (sports) referee, umpire
Declension
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
dómari m (genitive singular dómara, nominative plural dómarar)
- (law) judge, justice
- Judges 2:19
En er dómarinn andaðist, breyttu þeir að nýju verr en feður þeirra, með því að elta aðra guði til þess að þjóna þeim og falla fram fyrir þeim. Þeir létu eigi af gjörðum sínum né þrjóskubreytni sinni.- But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
- (sports) referee, umpire
Declension
Declension of
dómari (
masculine, based on -ari)
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From dómr (“judgement”) + -ari. Compare Old English dōmere.
Noun
dómari m
- a judge, one who judges
Declension
Declension of dómari (weak an-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
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