arfi – Icelandic noun declension

Icelandic noun forms of arfi

Noun: arfi
Gender: m
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.arfi
Sg. Def.arfinn
Pl. Indef.arfar
Pl. Def.arfarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.arfa
Sg. Def.arfans
Pl. Indef.arfa
Pl. Def.arfanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.arfa
Sg. Def.arfanum
Pl. Indef.örfum
Pl. Def.örfunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.arfa
Sg. Def.arfann
Pl. Indef.arfa
Pl. Def.arfana

Sample Sentences

  • Ég ætla að fara út í garð að reyta arfa. (I'm going to pull some weeds.)

Nouns inflected like arfi

andri, afi, ari, api, andi, angi, arfi, asni,

Etymology

1. From Old Norse arfi, likely a loanword, origin uncertain but possibly related to Latin ervum (“vetch”).
2. Cognate with Danish arve and German Erve. See: Old Norse Nouns 'arfi', Latin Nouns 'ervum', Danish Nouns 'arve'.

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