lyngjafni

Icelandic

Etymology

From lyng (“heather, ling”) +‎ jafni (“clubmoss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliŋk.japnɪ/

Noun

lyngjafni m (genitive singular lyngjafna, no plural)

1. interrupted clubmoss (Lycopodium annotinum)
   • 1954, Ingólfur Davíðsson, “Nokkrir fundarstaðir fágætra jurta [Some discovery sites of rare plants]”, in Náttúrufræðingurinn [The Natural Scientist], volume 24, number 1, pages 31–36:

     Í berghlaupinu mikla (hólahrúgaldinu) utan við Stakkahlíð vex allmikið af lyngjafna (Lycopodium annotinum), einkum nálægt ánni á Hraundal.

     In the large rock slide (the formless hill) outside Stakkahlíð grows a considerable amount of interrupted clubmoss (Lycopodium annotinum), especially close to the river at Hraundalur.

   • 1995, Ólafur Karl Nielsen, “Karrar og gróðurfar [Rock ptarmigans and flora]”, in Náttúrufræðingurinn [The Natural Scientist], volume 65, numbers 1-2, pages 81–102:

     Ekki var greint á milli litunarjafna Diphazium alpinum, lyngjafna Lycopodium annotinum, mosajafna Selaginella selaginoides og skollafingurs Huperzia selago.

     No distinction was made between alpine clubmoss Dyphazium alpinum, interrupted clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum, lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides and fir clubmoss Huperzia selago.

   • 2007, Elsa Steinunn Halldórsdóttir, “Alkalóíðar úr íslenskum jafnategundum (Lycopodium), andkólínesterasaverkun in vitro [Alkaloids from Icelandic clubmoss species (Lycopodium), anticholinesterase effect in vitro]”, in Læknablaðið [The Medical Journal], volume 93, number Supplement 53, page 33:

     Einangraðir voru þrír alkalóíðar úr lyngjafna og reyndust þeir vera annotinin, annotin og annotin N-oxíð.

     Three alkaloids from the interrupted clubmoss were isolated and they turned out to be annotinine, annotine and annotine N-oxide.

Declension

Declension of lyngjafni (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	lyngjafni	lyngjafninn
accusative	lyngjafna	lyngjafnann
dative	lyngjafna	lyngjafnanum
genitive	lyngjafna	lyngjafnans