salíbuna
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Icelandic
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from Danish salig (“exhilarated”) + Icelandic buna (“downhill ride”).[1]
Appears in print in the mid-1950s.[2] Was noted as an informal word limited to children's speech.[3][4][1]
Noun
[edit]salíbuna f
- a single exhilarating downhill ride (on a sled, on skis, or down a playground slide)
Declension
[edit]declension of salíbuna
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | salíbuna | salíbunan | salíbunur | salíbunurnar |
| accusative | salíbunu | salíbununa | salíbunur | salíbunurnar |
| dative | salíbunu | salíbununni | salíbunum | salíbununum |
| genitive | salíbunu | salíbununnar | salíbuna | salíbunanna |