granni

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɾanːɪ/
Rhymes: -anːɪ

Noun

granni m (genitive singular granna, plural grannar)

neighbour

Declension

Declension of granni
m1	singular		plural
m1	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	granni	grannin	grannar	grannarnir
accusative	granna	grannan	grannar	grannarnar
dative	granna	grannanum	grannum	grannunum
genitive	granna	grannans	granna	grannanna

Declension of granni
m4	singular		plural
m4	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	granni	grannin	grannar	grannarnir
accusative	granna	grannan	grannar	grannarnar
dative	granna	grannanum	gronnum	gronnunum
genitive	granna	grannans	granna	grannanna

Synonyms

(neighbor): nábúgvi

Icelandic

FWOTD – 3 November 2015

Etymology

From Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkranːɪ/
Rhymes: -anːɪ

Noun

granni m (genitive singular granna, nominative plural grannar)

neighbour
- 1963, Gunnar Dal (translator), Varnarræða Sókratesar (The Apology of Socrates), p. 61:
  Þarna er Kritó, jafnaldri minn og granni, faðir þessa unga manns þarna, Kritobúlosar.
  There is Crito, my contemporary and neighbour, father of that young man there, Critobulus.

Declension

declension of granni

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	granni	granninn	grannar	grannarnir
accusative	granna	grannann	granna	grannana
dative	granna	grannanum	grönnum	grönnunum
genitive	granna	grannans	granna	grannanna

Synonyms

(neighbor): nágranni, nábúi

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *garaznô.

Noun

granni m (genitive granna, plural grannar)

neighbour

Declension

Declension of granni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	granni	granninn	grannar	grannarnir
accusative	granna	grannann	granna	grannana
dative	granna	grannanum	grǫnnum	grǫnnunum
genitive	granna	grannans	granna	grannanna

Coordinate terms

granna f (“female neighbour”)

Descendants

Icelandic: granni
Faroese: granni
Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: granne
  - Kven: kranni
- Norwegian Nynorsk: granne
Old Swedish: granne
- Swedish: granne c
Old Danish: grannæ
- Danish: grande c

References

granni in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sicilian

Alternative forms

ranni

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾanni/, /ˈɣɾanni/
Hyphenation: gràn‧ni

Adjective

granni (feminine singular granni, masculine and feminine plural granni)

big, large
(by extension) old

Antonyms

(big, large): pìcculu, pìcciulu
(old): nicu

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