Noun: nabn
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Definite
Sample Sentences
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Eg […] sae ifrå om atte personen med mitt nabn […] nok ikkje va meg. (I […] told [them] that the person with my name […] likely wasn't me.) [2002 January 17, “Mange slags brødre”, in Solabladet, page 8:]
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Di he alt funne nogå rare blomma ifrå oldtia å vikingtiå, men nobnå æ så gammaldags, at de forstår di visst ikkje […] (They've already found some weird flowers from antiquity and the Viking age, but their names are so oldy, that they don't understand them […]) [1929 June 24, “Frå Klepp”, in Stavanger aftenblad, page 7:]
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Mann' henna han eitte Brenthodn, men dei andre nobni kann eg ikkje hugsa. (Her husband was called Brenthodn, but I don't remember the other names.) [1853, Ivar Aasen, “12. Gjentaa i Lyklahaugen.”, in Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Trykt hos Carl C. Werner & Comp., page 25:]
Nouns inflected like nabn
sjuttu,
smyrju,
solrev,
skrika,
skjemt,
bakbord,
groschen,
fyrverk,
aftanròde,
kakuskive,
samkvæme,
papyrus,
deja vu,
enten-eller,
spanderbukser,
flyttefot,
aprilnarr,
raudruss,
falsk venn,
småsystrer, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
nafn'.
Verbs referencing "nabn"
English Nouns
name.
Translations