granni

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kranːɪ/

  Rhymes: -anːɪ

Noun

granni m (genitive singular granna, plural grannar)

1. neighbour
   • 1963, Gunnar Dal (translator), Varnarræða Sókratesar (The Apology of Socrates), p. 61:

     Þarna er Kritó, jafnaldri minn og granni, faðir þessa unga manns þarna, Kritobúlosar.

     There is Crito, my contemporary and neighbour, father of that young man there, Critobulus.

Declension

declension of granni

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	granni	granninn	grannar	grannarnir
accusative	granna	grannann	granna	grannana
dative	granna	grannanum	grönnum	grönnunum
genitive	granna	grannans	granna	grannanna

Synonyms

• (neighbor): nágranni, nábúi

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• ranni

Etymology

From Latin grande.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɾanni/, /ˈɣɾanni/
• Hyphenation: gràn‧ni

Adjective

granni m (f granni, m and f plural granni)

1. big, large
2. (by extension) old

Antonyms

• (big, large): pìcculu, pìcciulu
• (old): nicu