báðir
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai-. Cognate with English both, German beide and Dutch beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian Nynorsk båe.
Adjective edit
báðir m pl (feminine plural báðar, neuter plural bæði)
- both (used to refer to two or more men)
- Teir eru báðir skemtiligir.
- They're both fun.
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai-. Cognate with English both, German beide and Dutch beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian Nynorsk båe.
Adjective edit
báðir m pl (feminine plural báðar, neuter plural bæði)
- both (used to refer to two or more men)
- Þeir eru báðir skemmtilegir.
- They're both fun.
Derived terms edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *bai.
Determiner edit
báðir
Declension edit
Declension of báðir
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: báðir
- Faroese: báðir
- Norwegian Bokmål: både
- Norwegian Nynorsk: både; båe
- Elfdalian: båðer
- Old Swedish: bāþir, bāþe
- Danish: både
References edit
- báðir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.