búð

See also: bud, Bud, bùth, and buď

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse búð, a variant of *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō (“building, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʉuːw/

Noun

búð f (genitive singular búðar, plural búðir)

1. shop, booth
2. (kvæði) house, home
3. tent camp
4. little chamber in old Faroese houses (between roykstova and glasstova)
5. stone shed

Declension

Declension of búð
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	búð	búðin	búðir	búðirnar
accusative	búð	búðina	búðir	búðirnar
dative	búð	búðini	búðum	búðunum
genitive	búðar	búðarinnar	búða	búðanna

Synonyms

• shop: handil, krambúð, sølubúð
• house, home: hús, bústaður, heimbýli
• tent camp: tjaldbúð
• stone shed: hjalsbúð

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse búð, a variant of *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō (“building, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːð/

  Rhymes: -uːð

Noun

búð f (genitive singular búðar, nominative plural búðir)

1. shop
2. tent, pavilion
3. (in the plural) camp, encampment

Declension

declension of búð

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	búð	búðin	búðir	búðirnar
accusative	búð	búðina	búðir	búðirnar
dative	búð	búðinni	búðum	búðunum
genitive	búðar	búðarinnar	búða	búðanna

Derived terms

• búðarborð