nábúi

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse nábúi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nábúi m (genitive singular nábúa, nominative plural nábúar)

  1. neighbour

Declension[edit]

declension of nábúi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nábúi nábúinn nábúar nábúarnir
accusative nábúa nábúann nábúa nábúana
dative nábúa nábúanum nábúum nábúunum
genitive nábúa nábúans nábúa nábúanna

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ná- (“near”) +‎ búi (“dweller, inhabitant, resident”). Compare Old Saxon nāhbūr (Low German nabur), Old English nēahġebūr (whence English neighbour), Dutch nabuur, Old High German nāhgibūr (German Nachbar), all from the earlier Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô.

Noun[edit]

nábúi m

  1. neighbour
    Synonym: granni

Declension[edit]

  Declension of nábúi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nábúi nábúinn nábúar nábúarnir
accusative nábúa nábúann nábúa nábúana
dative nábúa nábúanum nábúum nábúunum
genitive nábúa nábúans nábúa nábúanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: nábúi
  • Faroese: nábúgvi
  • Old Swedish: nābōe, nābō
  • Danish: nabo
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: nabo
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: nabo
  • → Scottish Gaelic: nàbaidh

References[edit]

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