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nefna

nefna

Icelandic

Verb

nefna ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nefndi, supine nefnt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to name (give a name to) syn.
    • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
      Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.
      When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to call (by name)
  3. (transitive, with accusative) to mention syn.
  4. (transitive, with accusative) to appoint, name syn.

Conjugation

nefnast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að nefnast
supine
(sagnbót) 		nefnst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		nefnandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég nefnist við nefnumst present
(nútíð) 		ég nefnist við nefnumst
þú nefnist þið nefnist þú nefnist þið nefnist
hann, hún, það nefnist þeir, þær, þau nefnast hann, hún, það nefnist þeir, þær, þau nefnist
past
(þátíð) 		ég nefndist við nefndumst past
(þátíð) 		ég nefndist við nefndumst
þú nefndist þið nefndust þú nefndist þið nefndust
hann, hún, það nefndist þeir, þær, þau nefndust hann, hún, það nefndist þeir, þær, þau nefndust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		nefnst (þú) nefnist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
nefnstu nefnisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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Etymology

From Old Norse nefna, nemna, from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną. Cognate with Swedish nämna and English neven.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛpna/
    Rhymes: -ɛpna

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