djákni

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• djákn

Etymology

From Old Norse djákni, from Old English diācon, from Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjauhknɪ/

  Rhymes: -auhknɪ

Noun

djákni m (genitive singular djákna, nominative plural djáknar)

1. deacon

Declension

Declension of djákni (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	djákni	djákninn	djáknar	djáknarnir
accusative	djákna	djáknann	djákna	djáknana
dative	djákna	djáknanum	djáknum	djáknunum
genitive	djákna	djáknans	djákna	djáknanna

Further reading

• “djákni” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• djákn

Etymology

From Old English diācon, from Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).

Noun

djákni m

1. deacon

Declension

  Declension of djákni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	djákni	djákninn	djáknar	djáknarnir
accusative	djákna	djáknann	djákna	djáknana
dative	djákna	djáknanum	djáknum	djáknunum
genitive	djákna	djáknans	djákna	djáknanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: djákni
• Old Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn
  • Swedish: djäkne

References

• djákni in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.