fáni
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Icelandic
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fáni, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Compare the Latin pannus (“a cloth; a rag; a garment”), German Fahne (“the flag of a nation, organisation, etc; a banner”) from Middle High German vano / van, from Old High German fano (“a flag”), from the Germanic root *fanō (cloth, flag), from Proto-Indo-European *pān (fabric) and the English vane from the Old English fana (“a flag”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fáni m (genitive singular fána, nominative plural fánar)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of fáni | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fáni | fáninn | fánar | fánarnir |
| accusative | fána | fánann | fána | fánana |
| dative | fána | fánanum | fánum | fánunum |
| genitive | fána | fánans | fána | fánanna |
Synonyms
[edit]- (flag): flagg
Derived terms
[edit]- að sigla undir fána aðildarríkis (flying the flag of a member state)
- fánablað (culmiferous terminal leaf)
- fánabotn (vexillum)
- fánaríki (flag State)
- fánaríkismál (flag State related issue)
- fánayfirvald (flag administration)
- hentifáni (flag of convenience)
- skip sem siglir undir fána aðildarríkis (ship flying the flag of a Member State)
- skip sem siglir undir fána ríkis (ship flying the flag of a State)
- skoðunarmaður fánaríkis (flag state inspector)
- stjórnvald fánaríkis (flag State administration, administration of the flag State)
- undirnefnd um framkvæmd á gerningum Alþjóðasiglingamálastofnunarinnar í fánaríkjum (Subcommittee on Flag State Implementation (FSI) of the IMO)
- þjóðfáni
See also
[edit]- blakta (to flutter)
- húnn (a flagpole's knob)
- stöng, flaggstöng (flagpole)