svefn
Icelandic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsvefn m (genitive singular svefns, no plural)
Declension
editDeclension of svefn | ||
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m-s1 | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | svefn | svefninn |
accusative | svefn | svefninn |
dative | svefni | svefninum |
genitive | svefns | svefnsins |
Derived terms
editin 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
editOld Norse
editAlternative forms
edit- sömn (Trønder dialect of Old Norwegian)
Etymology
editFrom 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.
Noun
editsvefn m
Declension
edit Declension of svefn (strong a-stem)
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “svefn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- M. Hægstad (1899) Gamalt trøndermaal : upplysningar um maalet i Trøndelag fyrr 1350 og ei utgreiding um vokalverket, page 1</ref>
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
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