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jafna

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Norse jafna

Noun

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jafna f (genitive singular jöfnu, nominative plural jöfnur)

  1. (mathematics) an equation
    er ekki flókin jafna.
    is not a complex equation.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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jafna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative jafnaði, supine jafnað)

  1. to equalise, level, even up, even out (make equal)
  2. to level, even, even out (make flat)
    Synonym: slétta
  3. (sports) to tie (to score points so as to have an equal score to that of the opponent)
    Synonym: gera jafntefli
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Related to Proto-Germanic *ebnaz. Cognate with English even. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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jafna

  1. to even

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Danish: jævne
  • Faroese: javna
  • Icelandic: jafna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jamna
    • Norwegian Bokmål: jamne
  • Swedish: jämna

Noun

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jafna f (genitive jǫfnu)

  1. level ground

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Adjective

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jafna

  1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular of jafn
  2. positive degree strong masculine accusative masculine of jafn
  3. positive degree strong all genders genitive plural of jafn
  4. positive degree weak masculine oblique cases singular of jafn
  5. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular of jafn
  6. positive degree weak neuter all cases singular of jafn

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jafna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive