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)

  1. deacon

Declension

Declension of djákni (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

Further reading

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English diācon, from Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, servant).

Noun

djákni m

  1. deacon

Declension

Declension of djákni (weak an-stem)
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

  • Icelandic: djákni
  • Old Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn

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