evni

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse efni, from Proto-Germanic *abniją. Cognate with Icelandic efni, Danish evne, Norwegian Nynorsk emne, Swedish ämne.

Noun

evni n (genitive singular evnis, plural evni or evnir)

1. material, matter, substance
2. candidate
3. subject, topic, theme
4. ability, capacity
5. narcotics
6. (in the plural) means, ability
7. talent, power
8. (psychology) intelligence

Declension

n24	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	evni	evnið	evni(r)	evnini
Accusative	evni	evnið	evni(r)	evnini
Dative	evni	evn(i)num	evnum	evnunum
Genitive	evnis	evnisins	evna	evnanna

Derived terms

• evnisarbeiði
• evnisbroyting
• evnisbundin
• evnisfang
• evnisfastur
• evnisheimur
• evnisligur
• evnismegn
• evnismentan
• evnismikil
• evnismongd
• evnismótstøða
• evnisnøgd
• evnissambinding
• evnisskifti
• evnisskipan
• evnisskrá
• evnistyngd
• evnisundirvísing
• evnisval
• evnisvika
• evnisyvirlit
• kolevni
• koppingarevni
• ljósevni
• súrevni