akarn
See also: åkarn
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse akarn, from Proto-Germanic *akraną, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛaːʰkaɻɳ/
Noun
akarn n (genitive singular akarns, plural akørn)
- acorn (fruit of an oak)
Declension
Declension of akarn | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n5 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | akarn | akarnið | akørn | akørnini |
accusative | akarn | akarnið | akørn | akørnini |
dative | akarni | akarninum | akørnum | akørnunum |
genitive | akarns | akarnsins | akarna | akarnanna |
Synonyms
- eikinøt
- eikifrukt
See also
- aldin
- eikitræ
- kastanja
- valnøt
- heslinøt
- jarðnøt
- kokusnøt
- piparnøt
- paranøt
- sólblómufræ
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse akarn, from Proto-Germanic *akraną, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːkʰartn/
Noun
akarn n (genitive singular akarns, nominative plural akörn)
- acorn (fruit of an oak)
Declension
declension of akarn
n-s | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | akarn | akarnið | akörn | akörnin |
accusative | akarn | akarnið | akörn | akörnin |
dative | akarni | akarninu | akörnum | akörnunum |
genitive | akarns | akarnsins | akarna | akarnanna |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *akraną n (“acorn”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”).
Noun
akarn n
- acorn
Declension
Declension of akarn (strong a-stem)
neuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | akarn | akarnit | ǫkurn | ǫkurnin |
accusative | akarn | akarnit | ǫkurn | ǫkurnin |
dative | akarni | akarninu | ǫkurnum | ǫkurnunum |
genitive | akarns | akarnsins | akarna | akarnanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: akarn
- Faroese: akarn
- Norwegian Nynorsk: åkarn
- Danish: agern
References
- akarn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press