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?

Declension

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

Derived terms

• alnafni
• hálfnafni

• -nafni
• samnafni

See also

• nafna (female equivalent)

Anagrams

• finna

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Old Norse

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

Related terms

• nafn n (“name”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: nafni

References

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