hrútur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hrútr, from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̥uːtʏr/

  Rhymes: -uːtʏr

Noun

hrútur m (genitive singular hrúts, nominative plural hrútar)

1. a ram (male sheep)
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,
     kallar á nafna sinn:
     „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
     hrygg og gæruskinn.“
     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
     krummi nafni minn.

     “Krummi croaks outside,
     calling his namesake:
     ‘I found the head of a ram,
     backbone and sheepskin.’
     Come now and peck with me,
     Krummi, my namesake.”

   Coordinate terms: kind, rolla

Declension

declension of hrútur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hrútur	hrúturinn	hrútar	hrútarnir
accusative	hrút	hrútinn	hrúta	hrútana
dative	hrúti / hrút	hrútnum	hrútum	hrútunum
genitive	hrúts	hrútsins	hrúta	hrútanna

Derived terms

• Hrúturinn

Further reading

• “hrútur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)