evni

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse efni, from Proto-Germanic *abniją. Cognate with Icelandic efni, Danish evne, Norwegian Nynorsk emne, Swedish ämne.

Noun

evni n (genitive singular evnis, plural evni or evnir)

  1. material, matter, substance
  2. candidate
  3. subject, topic, theme
  4. ability, capacity
  5. narcotics
  6. (in the plural) means, ability
  7. talent, power
  8. (psychology) intelligence

Declension
n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative evni evnið evni(r) evnini
Accusative evni evnið evni(r) evnini
Dative evni evn(i)num evnum evnunum
Genitive evnis evnisins evna evnanna

Derived terms
  • evnisarbeiði
  • evnisbroyting
  • evnisbundin
  • evnisfang
  • evnisfastur
  • evnisheimur
  • evnisligur
  • evnismegn
  • evnismentan
  • evnismikil
  • evnismongd
  • evnismótstøða
  • evnisnøgd
  • evnissambinding
  • evnisskifti
  • evnisskipan
  • evnisskrá
  • evnistyngd
  • evnisundirvísing
  • evnisval
  • evnisvika
  • evnisyvirlit
  • kolevni
  • koppingarevni
  • ljósevni
  • súrevni
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