granni
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾanːɪ/
- Rhymes: -anːɪ
Noun
granni m (genitive singular granna, plural grannar)
- neighbour
Declension
Declension of granni | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
m1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | granni | grannin | grannar | grannarnir |
accusative | granna | grannan | grannar | grannarnar |
dative | granna | grannanum | grannum | grannunum |
genitive | granna | grannans | granna | grannanna |
Declension of granni | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
m4 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | granni | grannin | grannar | grannarnir |
accusative | granna | grannan | grannar | grannarnar |
dative | granna | grannanum | gronnum | gronnunum |
genitive | granna | grannans | granna | grannanna |
Synonyms
- (neighbor): nábúgvi
Icelandic
FWOTD – 3 November 2015
Etymology
From Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkranːɪ/
- Rhymes: -anːɪ
Noun
granni m (genitive singular granna, nominative plural grannar)
- neighbour
- 1963, Gunnar Dal (translator), Varnarræða Sókratesar (The Apology of Socrates), p. 61:
- Þarna er Kritó, jafnaldri minn og granni, faðir þessa unga manns þarna, Kritobúlosar.
- There is Crito, my contemporary and neighbour, father of that young man there, Critobulus.
- Þarna er Kritó, jafnaldri minn og granni, faðir þessa unga manns þarna, Kritobúlosar.
- 1963, Gunnar Dal (translator), Varnarræða Sókratesar (The Apology of Socrates), p. 61:
Declension
declension of granni
m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | granni | granninn | grannar | grannarnir |
accusative | granna | grannann | granna | grannana |
dative | granna | grannanum | grönnum | grönnunum |
genitive | granna | grannans | granna | grannanna |
Synonyms
- (neighbor): nágranni, nábúi
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *garaznô.
Noun
granni m (genitive granna, plural grannar)
- neighbour
Declension
Declension of granni (weak an-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | granni | granninn | grannar | grannarnir |
accusative | granna | grannann | granna | grannana |
dative | granna | grannanum | grǫnnum | grǫnnunum |
genitive | granna | grannans | granna | grannanna |
Coordinate terms
- granna f (“female neighbour”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: granni
- Faroese: granni
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: granne
- Kven: kranni
- Norwegian Nynorsk: granne
- Norwegian Bokmål: granne
- Old Swedish: granne
- Swedish: granne c
- Old Danish: grannæ
- Danish: grande c
References
- granni in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- ranni
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾanni/, /ˈɣɾanni/
- Hyphenation: gràn‧ni
Adjective
granni (feminine singular granni, masculine and feminine plural granni)
- big, large
- (by extension) old
Antonyms
- (big, large): pìcculu, pìcciulu
- (old): nicu