nafli
Icelandic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnafli m (genitive singular nafla, nominative plural naflar)
- (anatomy) a navel, a belly button
Declension
editdeclension of nafli
Derived terms
editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *nabalô (“navel”). Cognate with Old English nafola, Old Frisian navla, Old Saxon *navalo, Old Dutch *navalo, Old High German nabalo.
Noun
editnafli m (genitive nafla)
- a navel
Declension
edit Declension of nafli (weak an-stem)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: nafli
- Faroese: nalvi
- Norwegian: navle
- Old Swedish: nafle
- Swedish: navel
- Old Danish: navle
- Danish: navle
- Elfdalian: navel
- Gutnish: navel, navle, navli
References
edit“nafli”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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