bófi
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse bófi (“boy”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“close [male] relation”). Cognate with Dutch boef (“mischievous boy, rascal; also thief”), Middle Low German bōve, German Bube (“boy, rascal, knave, rogue”), dialectal Swedish babbe (“little boy”) and English bub.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bófi m (genitive singular bófa, nominative plural bófar)
Declension
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ouːvɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ouːvɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns