efni

From Old Norse efni, from Proto-Germanic *abniją. Cognate with Faroese evni, Danish evne, Norwegian Nynorsk emne, Swedish ämne.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpnɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛpnɪ

efni n (genitive singular efnis, nominative plural efni)

1. fabric
2. material
   1. chemical
3. subject, matter
4. means

Declension of efni
n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	efni	efnið	efni	efnin
accusative	efni	efnið	efni	efnin
dative	efni	efninu	efnum	efnunum
genitive	efnis	efnisins	efna	efnanna

From Proto-Germanic *abniją.

efni n (genitive efnis)

1. stuff, material
2. matter of discourse
3. matter, affair
4. cause, reason
5. state, condition, affair
6. (plural only) means

• efna

• “efni”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz. Related to evan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈef.ni/, /ˈev.ni/

efni (comparative efniro, superlative efnist)

1. plain