safn
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From safna, from Old Norse safna, a by-form of samna (“to collect, assemble”), from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather, collect”). More at sam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]safn n (genitive singular safns, nominative plural söfn)
- (institution) a museum
- a collection
- a flock of sheep
- Synonym: fjárhópur
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- bókasafn
- byggðasafn (“a local museum”)
- kvæðasafn (“collected poems”)
- listasafn
- minjasafn
- náttúrugripasafn
- orðasafn
- ritsafn
- safna
- safnvörður
- skjalasafn
- sædýrasafn
- vaxmyndasafn
- þjóðminjasafn
- þjóðskjalasafn
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stómn̥ (“mouth, muzzle”). Compare Cornish sâwn, Cornish sawan (“chasm”), Breton staoñ (“palate”), and, outside of Brittonic, Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
Noun
[edit]safn m or f (plural safnau, diminutive sefnyn, not mutable)
Usage notes
[edit]Sometimes derogatory when applied to people.
Synonyms
[edit]- (mouth): ceg
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “safn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
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- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh non-mutable terms
- Welsh masculine nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- Welsh nouns with multiple genders
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