nafni

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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    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

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See also

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  • nafna (female equivalent)

Noun

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nafni

  1. indefinite dative singular of nafn

Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From nafn (name) +‎ -i.

Noun

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nafni m

  1. namesake

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: nafni

References

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