báðir
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editbáðir 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
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Determiner
editbáðir (plural only, feminine báðar, neuter bæði)
- both
- Þeir eru báðir skemmtilegir.
- They're both fun.
Declension
editDerived terms
editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *bai.
Determiner
editbáðir
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
Further reading
edit- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “báðir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 44; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
- page/44 Internet Archive]
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- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese adjectives
- Faroese terms with usage examples
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic determiners
- Icelandic terms with usage examples
- Icelandic indefinite pronouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse determiners
- non:Two