djákni
Icelandic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse djákni, from Old English diācon, from Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtjauhknɪ/
- Rhymes: -auhknɪ
Noun
djákni m (genitive singular djákna, nominative plural djáknar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | djákni | djákninn | djáknar | djáknarnir |
| accusative | djákna | djáknann | djákna | djáknana |
| dative | djákna | djáknanum | djáknum | djáknunum |
| genitive | djákna | djáknans | djákna | djáknanna |
Further reading
- “djákni” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English diācon, from Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).
Noun
djákni m
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | djákni | djákninn | djáknar | djáknarnir |
| accusative | djákna | djáknann | djákna | djáknana |
| dative | djákna | djáknanum | djáknum | djáknunum |
| genitive | djákna | djáknans | djákna | djáknanna |
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “djákni”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 89; also available at the Internet Archive