svefn
Icelandic
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) svöfn
Etymology
From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /svɛpn/
- Rhymes: -ɛpn
Declension
declension of svefn
| m-s1 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | svefn | svefninn |
| accusative | svefn | svefninn |
| dative | svefni | svefninum |
| genitive | svefns | svefnsins |
Derived terms
in phrases
- falla í svefn (“to fall asleep”) (uncommon)
- í fasta svefni (“to be sound asleep”)
- leggjast til svefns (“to go to bed”)
- sofna svefninum langa/sofna hinsta svefni (“to die”)
- svefninn langi (“death”)
- tala upp úr svefni (“to sleep talk”)
in compound words
- djúpsvefn
- smásvefn
- svefnbekkur
- svefnfriður
- svefnherbergi n (“bedroom”)
- svefnklefi
- svefnlaus
- svefnleysislegur
- svefnleysi n (“insomnia”)
- svefnléttur
- svefnlyf
- svefnmeðal
- svefnmók
- svefnpilla
- svefnpoka
- svefnpurka f (“sleepyhead, lie-a-bed, sluggard”)
- svefnrof
- svefnró
- svefnsófi
- svefnsýki
- svefntafla
- svefnugur
- svefnvana
- svefnþungur
- vetrarsvefn
Related terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”). Cognate with Old Saxon sweƀan, Old English swefn, English sweven. The Indo-European root also led to Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Latin somnus, Old Irish suan, Old Church Slavonic съпати (sŭpati), Russian спать (spatʹ), Latvian sapnis.
Declension
Declension of svefn (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | svefn | svefninn | svefnar | svefnarnir |
| accusative | svefn | svefninn | svefna | svefnana |
| dative | svefni | svefninum | svefnum | svefnunum |
| genitive | svefns | svefnsins | svefna | svefnanna |
Descendants
References
- “svefn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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