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?

Derived terms

Derived terms

• alnafni
• hálfnafni
• -nafni
• samnafni

See also

• nafna (female equivalent)

Noun

nafni

1. indefinite dative singular of nafn

Anagrams

• finna

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