knapi
Icelandic
Etymology
From the Old Norse word knapi (“valet”) (whence also the Danish knabe (“a page”)) which was brought to Iceland from the Middle Low German knape as Icelanders were introduced to chivalric romances in the 13th century,[1] from West Germanic *knabho (whence the Old High German knabo whence the German Knabe (“lad”)). Cognate with the Dutch knaap (“lad”) and English knave from the Old English cnafa (“boy, servant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
knapi m (genitive singular knapa, nominative plural knapar)
Declension
Declension of knapi | ||||
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m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | knapi | knapinn | knapar | knaparnir |
accusative | knapa | knapann | knapa | knapana |
dative | knapa | knapanum | knöpum | knöpunum |
genitive | knapa | knapans | knapa | knapanna |
Synonyms
References
- ^ “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2011 September 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014