jafna

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Inherited from Old Norse jafna

• IPA^(key): /ˈjapna/

  Rhymes: -apna

jafna f (genitive singular jöfnu, nominative plural jöfnur)

1. (mathematics) an equation

   ${\displaystyle x+x=2x}$ er ekki flókin jafna.

   ${\displaystyle x+x=2x}$ is not a complex equation.

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)
3. (sports) to tie (to score points so as to have an equal score to that of the opponent)

• (to make flat): slétta
• (tie): gera jafntefli

• jafna við jörðu

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.)

jafna

1. to even

• Danish: jævne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jevne
• Icelandic: jafna
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jamna
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: jamne
• Swedish: jämna

jafna f (genitive jǫfnu)

1. level ground

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

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