þjónkan

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• þjónan

Etymology

From þjónka (“to serve, attend”) +‎ -an.

Noun

þjónkan f (genitive -ar, plural -ir)

1. service
2. attendance

Conjugation

Declension of þjónkan (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þjónkan	þjónkanin	þjónkanir	þjónkanirnar
accusative	þjónkan	þjónkanina	þjónkanir	þjónkanirnar
dative	þjónkan	þjónkaninni	þjónkanum	þjónkanunum
genitive	þjónkanar	þjónkanarinnar	þjónkana	þjónkananna

Descendants

• Icelandic: þjónka

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þjónkan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 513; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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