bindindi
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From að binda sig við eitthvað (“to restrict oneself to something” or “to commit oneself to something”), compare að skuldbinda sig (“to commit oneself to something”).
Noun
[edit]bindindi n (genitive singular bindindis, no plural)
- abstinence, abstaining from doing something, usually in particular abstaining from drinking alcohol
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- bindindisfélag (“an association for people who abstain from alcohol”)
- bindindismaður (“person who abstains from alcohol”)
- bindindissamur (“abstinent, ascetic”)
- áfengisbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
- vínbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
- þagnarbindindi (“temporary vow of silence”)