spuni

spuni

Icelandic

Etymology

Deverbal from spinna. Compare Swedish spåna (“to improv, to freestyle, to brainstorm, to ponder, consider”), also English spin (“interpretation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspʏːnɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ʏːnɪ

Noun

spuni m (genitive singular spuna, nominative plural spunar)

  1. spinning
  2. improvisation
  3. (quantum mechanics) spin

Declension

Declension of spuni (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spuni spuninn spunar spunarnir
accusative spuna spunann spuna spunana
dative spuna spunanum spunum spununum
genitive spuna spunans spuna spunanna

Derived terms

  • spunagreind (“generative AI”)

Further reading

  • Halldóra Jónsdóttir, Þórdís Úlfarsdóttir, editors (2014–2020), “spuni”, in Íslensk nútímamálsorðabók [Icelandic Modern Dictionary] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
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