burkni
Icelandic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Old Swedish and Old Danish have brækne, which might be cognate or ancestor.”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]burkni m (genitive singular burkna, nominative plural burknar)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | burkni | burkninn | burknar | burknarnir |
| accusative | burkna | burknann | burkna | burknana |
| dative | burkna | burknanum | burknum | burknunum |
| genitive | burkna | burknans | burkna | burknanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- byrkningur
- dílaburkni (“broad buckler fern (Dryopteris dilatata)”)
- hlíðaburkni (“parsley fern (Cryptogramma crispa)”)
- klettaburkni (“green spleenwort (Asplenium viride)”)
- skjaldburkni (“holly fern (Polystichum lonchitis)”)
- stóriburkni (“male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)”)
- svartburkni (“maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)”)
- þríhyrnuburkni (“long beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis)”)