fáni

See also: fani, faní, and fâni

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fáni, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Compare the Latin pannus (“a cloth; a rag; a garment”), German Fahne (“the flag of a nation, organisation, etc; a banner”) from Middle High German vano / van, from Old High German fano (“a flag”), from the Germanic root *fanō (cloth, flag), from Proto-Indo-European *pān (fabric) and the English vane from the Old English fana (“a flag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfauːnɪ/

  Rhymes: -auːnɪ

Noun

fáni m (genitive singular fána, nominative plural fánar)

1. a flag

   Íslenski fáninn.

   Flag of Iceland.

Declension

Declension of fáni (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fáni	fáninn	fánar	fánarnir
accusative	fána	fánann	fána	fánana
dative	fána	fánanum	fánum	fánunum
genitive	fána	fánans	fána	fánanna

Synonyms

• (flag): flagg

Derived terms

• að sigla undir fána aðildarríkis (flying the flag of a member state)
• fánablað (culmiferous terminal leaf)
• fánabotn (vexillum)
• fánaríki (flag State)
• fánaríkismál (flag State related issue)
• fánayfirvald (flag administration)
• hentifáni (flag of convenience)
• skip sem siglir undir fána aðildarríkis (ship flying the flag of a Member State)
• skip sem siglir undir fána ríkis (ship flying the flag of a State)
• skoðunarmaður fánaríkis (flag state inspector)
• stjórnvald fánaríkis (flag State administration, administration of the flag State)
• undirnefnd um framkvæmd á gerningum Alþjóðasiglingamálastofnunarinnar í fánaríkjum (Subcommittee on Flag State Implementation (FSI) of the IMO)
• þjóðfáni

See also

• blakta (to flutter)
• húnn (a flagpole's knob)
• stöng, flaggstöng (flagpole)