efni

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

efni n (genitive singular efnis, nominative plural efni)

  1. fabric
  2. material
    1. chemical
  3. subject, matter
  4. means

Declension

    Declension of efni
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative efni efnið efni efnin
accusative efni efnið efni efnin
dative efni efninu efnum efnunum
genitive efnis efnisins efna efnanna

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abniją.

Noun

efni n (genitive efnis)

  1. stuff, material
  2. matter of discourse
  3. matter, affair
  4. cause, reason
  5. state, condition, affair
  6. (plural only) means

Declension

Descendants

References

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz. Related to evan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈef.ni/, /ˈev.ni/

Adjective

efni (comparative efniro, superlative efnist)

  1. plain

Declension