imbi
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]imbi m (genitive singular imba, nominative plural imbar)
Declension
[edit]Declension of imbi | ||||
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m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | imbi | imbinn | imbar | imbarnir |
accusative | imba | imbann | imba | imbana |
dative | imba | imbanum | imbum | imbunum |
genitive | imba | imbans | imba | imbanna |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- imbakassi (“television, idiot box”)
Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *imbī.
Noun
[edit]imbi m (plural imba)
- bee
- beeswarm
- 10th century, Lorscher Bienensegen:
- Kirst, imbi ist hûcze
Nû fliuc dû, vihu mînaz, hera
Fridu frôno in munt godes
gisunt heim zi comonne.- Christ, the bee-swarm is outside
Now fly, my flock, hither
In the Lord's peace, under God's heed
Come home healthy.
- Christ, the bee-swarm is outside
- 10th century, Lorscher Bienensegen:
Declension
[edit]Declension of imbi (masculine a-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | imbi | imba |
accusative | imbi | imba |
genitive | imbes | imbo |
dative | imbe | imbum |
instrumental | imbu | — |
Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪmpɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪmpɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German nouns
- Old High German masculine nouns
- goh:Bees
- Old High German terms with quotations
- Old High German a-stem nouns