nafni

See also: -nafni

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnapnɪ/
  • Rhymes: -apnɪ

Noun

nafni m (genitive singular nafna, nominative plural nafnar)

  1. a male that has the same name as another; namesake
    • 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.”
    Hvað segirðu gott nafni.
    How are you?

Declension
declension of nafni
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nafni nafninn nafnar nafnarnir
accusative nafna nafnann nafna nafnana
dative nafna nafnanum nöfnum nöfnunum
genitive nafna nafnans nafna nafnanna

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • alnafni
  • hálfnafni
  • -nafni
  • samnafni

See also
  • nafna (female equivalent)

Noun

nafni

  1. indefinite dative singular of nafn

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

From nafn (“name”) +‎ -i.

Noun

nafni m

  1. namesake

Declension
  Declension of nafni (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nafni nafninn nafnar nafnarnir
accusative nafna nafnann nafna nafnana
dative nafna nafnanum nǫfnum nǫfnunum
genitive nafna nafnans nafna nafnanna

Derived terms
  • samnafni

Descendants
  • Icelandic: nafni

References
  • “nafni”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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