"safn" meaning in Icelandic

See safn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sapn/
Rhymes: -apn Etymology: From safna, from Old Norse safna, a by-form of samna (“to collect, assemble”), from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather, collect”). More at sam. Etymology templates: {{der|is|non|safna}} Old Norse safna, {{der|is|gem-pro|*samnōną||to gather, collect}} Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather, collect”) Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} safn n (genitive singular safns, nominative plural söfn) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|n}} Forms: safns [genitive, singular], söfn [nominative, plural], neuter [table-tags], safn [indefinite, nominative, singular], safnið [definite, nominative, singular], söfn [indefinite, nominative, plural], söfnin [definite, nominative, plural], safn [accusative, indefinite, singular], safnið [accusative, definite, singular], söfn [accusative, indefinite, plural], söfnin [accusative, definite, plural], safni [dative, indefinite, singular], safninu [dative, definite, singular], söfnum [dative, indefinite, plural], söfnunum [dative, definite, plural], safns [genitive, indefinite, singular], safnsins [definite, genitive, singular], safna [genitive, indefinite, plural], safnanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (institution) a museum Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-safn-is-noun-1mPNlVSM Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 43 41 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 28 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 28 31
  2. a collection Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-safn-is-noun-CftJHXhg Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 43 41 16
  3. a flock of sheep Tags: neuter Synonyms: fjárhópur
    Sense id: en-safn-is-noun-9BRhjD3O Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 43 41 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bókasafn, byggðasafn (english: a local museum), kvæðasafn (english: collected poems), listasafn, minjasafn, náttúrugripasafn, orðasafn, ritsafn, safna, safnvörður, skjalasafn, sædýrasafn, vaxmyndasafn, þjóðminjasafn, þjóðskjalasafn

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bókasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "a local museum",
      "word": "byggðasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "collected poems",
      "word": "kvæðasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "listasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "minjasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "náttúrugripasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "orðasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ritsafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "safna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "safnvörður"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "skjalasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sædýrasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vaxmyndasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "þjóðminjasafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "þjóðskjalasafn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "safna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse safna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*samnōną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to gather, collect"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather, collect”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From safna, from Old Norse safna, a by-form of samna (“to collect, assemble”), from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather, collect”). More at sam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "safns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safnið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfnin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safnið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfnin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safninu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfnunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safnsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "safn n (genitive singular safns, nominative plural söfn)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 41 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 28 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 28 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a museum"
      ],
      "id": "en-safn-is-noun-1mPNlVSM",
      "links": [
        [
          "museum",
          "museum"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "institution",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(institution) a museum"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 41 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a collection"
      ],
      "id": "en-safn-is-noun-CftJHXhg",
      "links": [
        [
          "collection",
          "collection"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 41 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a flock of sheep"
      ],
      "id": "en-safn-is-noun-9BRhjD3O",
      "links": [
        [
          "flock",
          "flock"
        ],
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fjárhópur"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sapn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-apn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "safn"
}
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    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic neuter nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/apn",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/apn/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bókasafn"
    },
    {
      "english": "a local museum",
      "word": "byggðasafn"
    },
    {
      "english": "collected poems",
      "word": "kvæðasafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "listasafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "minjasafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "náttúrugripasafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "orðasafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "ritsafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "safna"
    },
    {
      "word": "safnvörður"
    },
    {
      "word": "skjalasafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "sædýrasafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "vaxmyndasafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "þjóðminjasafn"
    },
    {
      "word": "þjóðskjalasafn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "safna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse safna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*samnōną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to gather, collect"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather, collect”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From safna, from Old Norse safna, a by-form of samna (“to collect, assemble”), from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather, collect”). More at sam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "safns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safnið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfnin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safnið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfnin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safninu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "söfnunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safnsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "safn n (genitive singular safns, nominative plural söfn)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a museum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "museum",
          "museum"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "institution",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(institution) a museum"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a collection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "collection",
          "collection"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a flock of sheep"
      ],
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        [
          "flock",
          "flock"
        ],
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fjárhópur"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sapn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-apn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "safn"
}

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