ferna
Icelandic
Etymology
From fern.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛrtna/
- Rhymes: -ɛrtna
Noun
ferna f (genitive singular fernu, nominative plural fernur)
- a box-shaped carton (for liquids)
- (card games) four of a kind
Usage notes
Referring to drink cartons, this word was adopted to distinguish the newer Tetra Brik and Tetra Rex cartons from the original tetrahedral Tetra Pak packaging (now branded Tetra Classic), called hyrna, which had previously been the common container format for milk in Iceland.
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ferna | fernan | fernur | fernurnar |
| accusative | fernu | fernuna | fernur | fernurnar |
| dative | fernu | fernunni | fernum | fernunum |
| genitive | fernu | fernunnar | ferna | fernanna |
Derived terms
- drykkjarferna
- mjólkurferna
- pappaferna
See also
Further reading
- Icelandic Web of Science: Hver fann upp fernuna? (“Who invented the box-shaped carton?”)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050209135122/http://www.lexis.hi.is/ordvikunnar/hyrna_ferna.html