lår

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lar" and laar

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish lār, Old West Norse lær (with ʀ-umlaut), from Proto-Germanic *lahwaz (“thigh”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish lår, Old English lēow.

Pronunciation

Noun

lår n (singular definite låret, plural indefinite lår)

  1. thigh

Declension

Declension of lår
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lår låret lår lårene
genitive lårs lårets lårs lårenes

Derived terms

References

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse lær.

Noun

lår n

  1. thigh

Inflection

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Declension of lår
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lår låreð lår lårę
accusative lår låreð lår lårę
dative låre lårę lårum lårum(e)
genitive — — — —

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse lær.

Noun

lår n (definite singular låret, indefinite plural lår, definite plural låra or lårene)

  1. a thigh (upper leg)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lær.

Noun

lår n (definite singular låret, indefinite plural lår, definite plural låra)

  1. a thigh (upper leg)

References

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lar, from Old Norse lær, from Proto-Germanic *lahwaz.

Noun

lår n

  1. thigh
Declension
Declension of lår 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lår låret lår låren
Genitive lårs lårets lårs lårens

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lárr. Cognate of Finnish laari and Russian ларь (larʹ).

Noun

lår c

  1. crate, box
Declension
Declension of lår 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lår låren lårar lårarna
Genitive lårs lårens lårars lårarnas
Derived terms

References

  • lår in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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