einn
Appearance
Icelandic
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Cardinal: einn Ordinal: fyrsti Ordinal abbreviation: 1. Multiplier: einfaldur |
Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål en, Faroese ein and Danish en.
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]einn (feminine ein, neuter eitt)
Declension
[edit]positive forms of einn (strong-only)
Pronoun
[edit]einn
Adjective
[edit]einn (comparative einni, no superlative)
- alone
- 1894, Sigfús B. Blöndal, “Skapbrigði (sex kvæði frá ýmsum tímum)”, in Sunnanfari; mánaðarblað með myndum, volume IV, number 3, page 20:
- Ég er einn, svo óttalega einn.
- I am alone, so terribly alone.
Declension
[edit]- Note the difference in declension between einn in the meaning "one", with accusative masculine singular einn, and "alone", with accusative masculine singular einan.
positive forms of einn
strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | einn | ein | eitt | |
accusative | einan | eina | ||
dative | einum | einni | einu | |
genitive | eins | einnar | eins | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | einir | einar | ein | |
accusative | eina | |||
dative | einum | |||
genitive | einna | |||
weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | eini | eina | eina | |
acc/dat/gen | eina | einu | ||
plural (all-case) | einu |
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]- ás (noun)
References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 148 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Anagrams
[edit]Old Norse
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Cardinal: einn Ordinal: fyrstr Multiplier: einfaldr Distributive: einfaldliga Fractional: heill |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Old Saxon en, Old English an, Old Frisian en, Old High German ein, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains).
Numeral
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Pronoun
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Adjective
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Declension
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Strong declension of einn
Weak declension of einn
Descendants
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/eitn
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eitn/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic numerals
- Icelandic cardinal numbers
- Icelandic pronouns
- Icelandic indefinite pronouns
- Icelandic adjectives
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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