dómari

Faroese

Noun

dómari m (genitive singular dómara, plural dómarar)

1. (law) judge
2. (sports) referee, umpire

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtouːma(ː)rɪ/

Noun

dómari m (genitive singular dómara, nominative plural dómarar)

1. (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.

2. (sports) referee, umpire

Declension

Derived terms

• knattspyrnudómari

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• dómandi
• dœmandi

Etymology

From dómr (“judgement”) +‎ -ari.

Noun

dómari m

1. a judge, one who judges

Declension

Derived terms

• dómarasæti n (“judgement-seat”)

Descendants

• Elfdalian: duomer
• Icelandic: dómari
• Faroese: dómari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: domar
• Old Swedish: dōmare
  • Swedish: domare c
  • → Finnish: tuomari
    • → Northern Sami: duopmár (or directly from Swedish)
• Danish: dommer c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dommer
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: dommar
• → Old English: domere (possibly)

References

• dómari in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.