einir

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːjnɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -aiːjnɪɹ

Article

einir m

1. masculine nominative plural of ein

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiːnɪr/
• Rhymes: -eiːnɪr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse einir, ultimately from Latin jūniperus. Cognate with Faroese eini(ber), Danish ene, Swedish en, Norwegian eine.

Noun

einir m (genitive singular einis, no plural)

1. juniper (Juniperus communis)

Derived terms

• einiber

Etymology 2

Inflected form of einn (“one”).

Numeral

einir

1. nominative plural masculine of einn

Declension

declension of einir

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	einn	ein	eitt	einir	einar	ein
accusative	einn	eina	eitt	eina	einar	ein
dative	einum	einni	einu	einum	einum	einum
genitive	eins	einnar	eins	einna	einna	einna

Etymology 3

Inflected form of einn (“alone”).

Adjective

einir

1. nominative plural masculine of einn

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin ziniperus (perhaps via a Western Romance form with /b/ for /p/) understood as a compound with ber (“berry”) for the juniper berry, although a reconstructed Proto-Germanic *ainijaz or *jainijaz from a Proto-Indo-European acrostatic n-stem noun *h₁óy-n- ~ *h₁éy-n-s, collective formation *h₁oy-n-yo-, has been fancied with reference to the (itself deemed borrowed) Classical Latin iūniperus and (barely identified) Hittite 𒂊𒅀𒀭 (e-i̯a-an /⁠ei̯an-⁠/, “(a kind of) evergreen tree (yew?)”).

Noun

einir m (genitive einis)

1. juniper

Declension

  Declension of einir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	einir	einirinn	einar	einarnir
accusative	eini	eininn	eina	einana
dative	eini	eininum	einum	einunum
genitive	einis	einisins	eina	einanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: einir
• Faroese: eini
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eine, einer
• Norwegian Bokmål: einer
• Elfdalian: ien, iene
• Old Swedish: ēn, ēne
  • Swedish: en, ene
• Danish: ene, ener
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ener