húnn

See also: hunn and Hunn

Icelandic

Template:jumpA basic modern doorknob.

Template:jumpA flagpole's knob.

Etymology

From Old Norse húnn (“knob at the top of a mast-head”), from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz, *hūna(n)- (“top of a stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hutn/

  Rhymes: -utn

Noun

húnn m (genitive singular húns, nominative plural húnar)

1. a door handle, a doorknobTemplate:jump
2. a flagpole's knobTemplate:jump

   Að draga fána að hún.

   To hoist a flag.

3. a bear cubTemplate:jump

Declension

declension of húnn

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	húnn	húnninn	húnar	húnarnir
accusative	hún	húninn	húna	húnana
dative	húni	húninum	húnum	húnunum
genitive	húns	húnsins	húna	húnanna

References

• Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012