nafni

See also: -nafni

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnapnɪ/
• Rhymes: -apnɪ

Etymology 1

Noun

nafni m (genitive singular nafna, nominative plural nafnar)

1. a male that has the same name as another; namesake
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,
     kallar á nafna sinn:
     „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
     hrygg og gæruskinn.“
     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
     krummi nafni minn.

     “Krummi croaks outside,
     calling his namesake:
     ‘I found the head of a ram,
     backbone and sheepskin.’
     Come now and peck with me,
     Krummi, my namesake.”

   Hvað segirðu gott nafni.

   How are you?

Declension

Declension of nafni (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nafni	nafninn	nafnar	nafnarnir
accusative	nafna	nafnann	nafna	nafnana
dative	nafna	nafnanum	nöfnum	nöfnunum
genitive	nafna	nafnans	nafna	nafnanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• alnafni
• hálfnafni
• -nafni
• samnafni

See also

• nafna (female equivalent)

Etymology 2

Noun

nafni

1. indefinite dative singular of nafn

Anagrams

• finna

Old Norse

Etymology

From nafn (“name”) +‎ -i.

Noun

nafni m

1. namesake

Declension

  Declension of nafni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nafni	nafninn	nafnar	nafnarnir
accusative	nafna	nafnann	nafna	nafnana
dative	nafna	nafnanum	nǫfnum	nǫfnunum
genitive	nafna	nafnans	nafna	nafnanna

Derived terms

• samnafni

Descendants

• Icelandic: nafni

References

• “nafni”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press