burkni

Icelandic edit

Alternative forms edit

burkn

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Old Swedish and Old Danish have brækne, which might be cognate or ancestor.”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpʏr̥knɪ/

Noun edit

burkni m (genitive singular burkna, nominative plural burknar)

fern, bracken
wood fern (Dryopteris)

Declension edit

declension of burkni

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	burkni	burkninn	burknar	burknarnir
accusative	burkna	burknann	burkna	burknana
dative	burkna	burknanum	burknum	burknunum
genitive	burkna	burknans	burkna	burknanna

Derived terms edit

byrkningur
dílaburkni (“broad buckler fern (Dryopteris dilatata)”)
hlíðaburkni (“parsley fern (Cryptogramma crispa)”)
klettaburkni (“green spleenwort (Asplenium viride)”)
skjaldburkni (“holly fern (Polystichum lonchitis)”)
stóriburkni (“male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)”)
svartburkni (“maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)”)
þríhyrnuburkni (“long beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis)”)