biblía

See also: biblia, bíblia, Biblia, Bíblia, and Biblią

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• biflía (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Latin biblia (“collection of books”), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪpliːja/

Noun

biblía f (genitive singular biblíu, nominative plural biblíur)

1. Bible, bible

Declension

declension of biblía

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	biblía	biblían	biblíur	biblíurnar
accusative	biblíu	biblíuna	biblíur	biblíurnar
dative	biblíu	biblíunni	biblíum	biblíunum
genitive	biblíu	biblíunnar	biblía	biblíanna