djákni

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• djákn

Etymology

From Old Norse djákni, from Old English diācon, from Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjauhknɪ/

  Rhymes: -auhknɪ

Noun

djákni m (genitive singular djákna, nominative plural djáknar)

1. deacon

Declension

declension of djákni

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	djákni	djákninn	djáknar	djáknarnir
accusative	djákna	djáknann	djákna	djáknana
dative	djákna	djáknanum	djáknum	djáknunum
genitive	djákna	djáknans	djákna	djáknanna

Further reading

• “djákni” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• djákn

Etymology

From Old English diācon, from Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).

Noun

djákni m

1. deacon

Declension

  Declension of djákni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	djákni	djákninn	djáknar	djáknarnir
accusative	djákna	djáknann	djákna	djáknana
dative	djákna	djáknanum	djáknum	djáknunum
genitive	djákna	djáknans	djákna	djáknanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: djákni
• Old Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn
  • Swedish: djäkne

References

• djákni in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.