hamar

See also: Hamar and hämar

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑˈmɑr]
• Hyphenation: ha‧mar

• Audio:

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Adjective

hamar (comparative daha hamar, superlative ən hamar)

1. smooth (having a texture that lacks friction, not rough)

   hamar dəri ― smooth skin

2. even (flat and level)

   hamar yol ― an even road

3. (of hair) lank (straight and flat)

   hamar saç ― lank hair

4. polished

Further reading

• “hamar” in Obastan.com.

Basque

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Cardinal: hamar     Ordinal: hamargarren     Distributive: hamarna     Fractional: hamarren

Alternative forms

• amar (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *(h)anbaR (“ten”). Often compared with Iberian abaŕ (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hamar/ [ha.mar]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /amar/ [a.mar]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amar
• Hyphenation: ha‧mar

Numeral

hamar

1. ten

Declension

Declension of hamar (numeral, ending in -r)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		hamar	hamarra	hamarrak
ergative		hamarrek	hamarrak	hamarrek
dative		hamarri	hamarrari	hamarrei
genitive		hamarren	hamarraren	hamarren
comitative		hamarrekin	hamarrarekin	hamarrekin
causative		hamarrengatik	hamarrarengatik	hamarrengatik
benefactive		hamarrentzat	hamarrarentzat	hamarrentzat
instrumental		hamarrez	hamarraz	hamarrez
inessive	anim.	hamarrengan	hamarrarengan	hamarrengan
	inanim.	hamarretan	hamarrean	hamarretan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	hamarretako	hamarreko	hamarretako
allative	anim.	hamarrengana	hamarrarengana	hamarrengana
	inanim.	hamarretara	hamarrera	hamarretara
terminative	anim.	hamarrenganaino	hamarrarenganaino	hamarrenganaino
	inanim.	hamarretaraino	hamarreraino	hamarretaraino
directive	anim.	hamarrenganantz	hamarrarenganantz	hamarrenganantz
	inanim.	hamarretarantz	hamarrerantz	hamarretarantz
destinative	anim.	hamarrenganako	hamarrarenganako	hamarrenganako
	inanim.	hamarretarako	hamarrerako	hamarretarako
ablative	anim.	hamarrengandik	hamarrarengandik	hamarrengandik
	inanim.	hamarretatik	hamarretik	hamarretatik
partitive		hamarrik	—	—
prolative		hamartzat	—	—

Derived terms

• berrogeita hamar (“fifty”)
• hamargarren (“tenth”)
• hamargarrenez (“for the tenth time”)
• hamargarrengo (“tenth”)
• hamarkada (“decade”)
• hamarna (“ten each”)
• hamarnaka (“in groups of ten”)
• hamarraldi (“decade”)
• hamarratz (“crab”)
• hamarreko (“group of ten”)
• hamarreko handi
• hamarreko nagusi
• hamarreko txiki
• hamarren (“tenth”)
• hamarretako (“lunch”)
• hamarretakoa egin (“to have lunch”)
• hamarretan (“ten times”)
• hamartar (“decimal”)
• hirurogeita hamar (“seventy”)
• hogeita hamar (“thirty”)
• laurogeita hamar (“ninety”)

 

Further reading

• “hamar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “hamar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, (whence also Sanskrit अश्मरी (aśmarī, “strangury”)), a derivation from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”) (whence also Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “stone”)), from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

hamar m (genitive singular hamars, plural hamrar)

1. rock face, stretch of cliff on a mountainside
2. hammer

Declension

m48	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hamar	hamarin	hamrar	hamrarnir
accusative	hamar	hamaran	hamrar	hamrarnar
dative	hamri	hamrinum	homrum, hamrum	homrunum, hamrunum
genitive	hamars	hamarsins	hamra	hamranna

Synonyms

• (1. and 2.) hamari

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒmɒr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ha‧mar
• Rhymes: -ɒr

Adverb

hamar (comparative hamarabb, superlative leghamarabb)

1. soon (within a short time)

   Synonym: hamarosan

2. readily, easily

   Synonym: könnyen

3. (dated) quickly, rapidly, fast

   Synonym: gyorsan

4. (rare) early

   Synonym: korán

Derived terms

• hamarjában
• hamarkodik
• hamarosan
• hamarság

 

Compound words

• csakhamar

 

Expressions

• a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát
• aki kíváncsi, hamar megöregszik
• amilyen hamar csak lehetséges

 

Adjective

hamar (comparative hamarabb, superlative leghamarabb)

1. (archaic) fast, quick, sudden
   • 1803, Mihály Csokonai, A pillangóhoz (To the Butterfly)‎^[2]:

     Hamar-követje a tavasznak, / Hímes pillangó, idvez légy!

     Quick messenger of spring, / glorious butterfly, welcome!

Derived terms

Expressions

• hamar munka ritkán jó

 

Further reading

• hamar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

• marha

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːmar/
• Rhymes: -aːmar

Noun

hamar m (genitive singular hamars, nominative plural hamrar)

1. hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
2. steep cliff, crag, rock face
3. (anatomy) malleus, hammer

Declension

Declension of hamar (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hamar	hamarinn	hamrar	hamrarnir
accusative	hamar	hamarinn	hamra	hamrana
dative	hamri	hamrinum	hömrum	hömrunum
genitive	hamars	hamarsins	hamra	hamranna

See also

• berg
• klettur

Anagrams

• harma

Norwegian Nynorsk

hamar

Alternative forms

• hammar
• håmmår (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr. Compare Danish hammer, Faroese hamar, hamari, Icelandic hamar, and Swedish hammare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²haːmar/, /²hamːar/

Noun

hamar m (definite singular hamaren, indefinite plural hamrar, definite plural hamrane)

1. a hammer

   Har de nokre hamrar her?

   Do you have any hammers here?

2. a steep cliff

Derived terms

• hamarhai
• smihamar
• -hamar, -håmmår (in toponymy)

References

“hamar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

Cognate with Old Saxon hamar, Old Frisian hamar, Old English hamor, Old Norse hamarr.

Noun

hamar m

1. hammer

Descendants

• Middle High German: hamer
  • Bavarian: Håmmer
  • German: Hammer
  • Luxembourgish: Hummer
  • Yiddish: האַמער (hamer)

Old Norse

Noun

hamar

1. accusative singular of hamarr

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Cognate with Old English hamor, Old Frisian hamar, Old High German hamor, Old Norse hamarr.

Noun

hamar m

1. hammer

Declension

Declension of hamar (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	hamar	hamros
accusative	hamar	hamros
genitive	hamres	hamrō
dative	hamre	hamrum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Low German: Hamer, hamer

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

Noun

hamar m

1. hammer
2. mountain height, outcrop

Declension

Declension of hambrer (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hambrer	hambrrin	hambrar	hambranir, hambraner
accusative	hambr	hambrin	hambra	hambrana
dative	hambri, hambre	hambrinum, hambrenom	hambrum, hambrom	hambrumin, hambromen
genitive	hambrs	hambrsins	hambra	hambranna

Descendants

• Swedish: hammare (in the first sense), -hammar (in place names, in the second sense)