nafli

Icelandic

The navel of a human female.

Etymology

From Old Norse nafli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaplɪ/

  Rhymes: -aplɪ

Noun

nafli m (genitive singular nafla, nominative plural naflar)

1. (anatomy) a navel, a belly button

Declension

declension of nafli

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nafli	naflinn	naflar	naflarnir
accusative	nafla	naflann	nafla	naflana
dative	nafla	naflanum	nöflum	nöflunum
genitive	nafla	naflans	nafla	naflanna

Derived terms

• hljóða út á sér naflann
• naflabindi n
• naflabólga f
• naflagat n
• naflagras n
• naflagróinn
• naflahaull m
• naflakviðslit n
• naflarauf f
• naflasjónarmið n
• naflaskoðun f
• naflastaður m
• naflastrengur m
• naflasvín n
• skæla út á sér naflann
• ýsunafli m

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nabalô (“navel”). Cognate with Old English nafola, Old Frisian navla, Old Saxon *navalo, Old Dutch *navalo, Old High German nabalo.

Noun

nafli m (genitive nafla)

1. a navel

Declension

  Declension of nafli (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nafli	naflinn	naflar	naflarnir
accusative	nafla	naflann	nafla	naflana
dative	nafla	naflanum	nǫflum	nǫflunum
genitive	nafla	naflans	nafla	naflanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: nafli
• Faroese: nalvi
• Norwegian: navle
• Old Swedish: nafle
  • Swedish: navel
• Old Danish: navle
  • Danish: navle
• Elfdalian: navel
• Gutnish: navel, navle, navli

References

“nafli”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press