jafn

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse jafn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz. Compare Faroese javnur, Norwegian Bokmål jevn, Norwegian Nynorsk jamn, Swedish jämn, Danish jævn, English even, Dutch even, and effen, German eben. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /japn/ Rhymes: -apn === Adjective === jafn (comparative jafnari, superlative jafnastur) even equal Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Icelandic, English) (arithmetic, not comparable) even; (leaving no remainder when divided by 2) Synonym: sléttur ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === jamn === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *ebnaz. === Adjective === jafn (comparative jafnari, superlative jafnastr) even (number) equal, the same ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Jafnhár m ==== Related terms ==== jafna ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: jafn Faroese: javnur Norwegian Nynorsk: jamn → Norwegian Bokmål: jamn Old Swedish: iæmpn, iamn, iæmn, iampnSwedish: jämn Old Danish: iæmfn, iafn, iæfn, ifn, iofn, iauæn, iæuæn, iæmnDanish: jævnNorwegian Bokmål: jevn Elfdalian: iemmen Jamtish: jamn Gutnish: jamnar, jämbar Scanian: jǫvner === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “jafn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 231; also available at the Internet Archive