arfi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarvɪ/

  Rhymes: -arvɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse arfi, likely a loanword, origin uncertain but possibly related to Latin ervum (“vetch”). Cognate with Danish arve and German Erve.

Noun

arfi m (genitive singular arfa, nominative plural arfar)

1. chickweed, starwort (plants of the genus Stellaria, which often grow as weeds)
2. (more generally) weeds (unwanted plant)

   Synonym: illgresi

   Ég ætla að fara út í garð að reyta arfa. ― I'm going to pull some weeds.

Derived terms

• akurarfi (“common starwort, Stellaria graminea”)
• blóðarfi (“common knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare”)
• fjöruarfi (“sea sandwort, Honckenya peploides”)
• haugarfi (“common chickweed, Stellaria media”)
• hjartarfi (“shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris”)
• lágarfi (“saltmarsh starwort, Stellaria humifusa”)
• línarfi (“boreal starwort, Stellaria borealis”)
• stjörnuarfi (“fleshy starwort, Stellaria crassifolia”)
• vegarfi (“mouse-ear chickweed, Cerastium fontanum”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse arfi, from Proto-Germanic *arbijô.

Noun

arfi m (genitive singular arfa, nominative plural arfar)

1. (obsolete) heir

Synonyms

• erfingi

Etymology 3

Noun

arfi

1. indefinite dative singular of arfur

Anagrams

• rifa

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Norse ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨᚾᛟ (arbijano /⁠arbijanō⁠/) (genitive plural), from Proto-Germanic *arbijô.

Noun

arfi m (genitive arfa, plural arfar)

2. heir

Declension

  Declension of arfi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arfi	arfinn	arfar	arfarnir
accusative	arfa	arfann	arfa	arfana
dative	arfa	arfanum	ǫrfum	ǫrfunum
genitive	arfa	arfans	arfa	arfanna

Alternative forms

• ᛅᚱᚠᛁ (arfi) — nominative singular
• ᛅᚱᚠᛅ (arfa) — dative/accusative/genitive singular
• ᛅᚱᚠᛅᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛆᚱᚠᛆᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛅᚱᚠᛅᚱ (arfar) — nominative plural

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *arfô.

Noun

arfi m (genitive arfa, plural arfar)

2. chickweed

Declension

  Declension of arfi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arfi	arfinn	arfar	arfarnir
accusative	arfa	arfann	arfa	arfana
dative	arfa	arfanum	ǫrfum	ǫrfunum
genitive	arfa	arfans	arfa	arfanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: arfi
• Faroese: arvi
• Norwegian: arve
• Old Swedish: arve
  • Swedish: arv (dialectal)
• Danish: arve