búinn
See also: buinn
Icelandic
editAdjective
editbúinn (comparative búnari, superlative búnastur)
- completed, finished, over
- Ertu búinn að fara út með ruslið?
- Did you take out the trash?
- Er myndin búin?
- Is the film over?
- depleted, finished
- Því miður, kaffið er búið.
- I'm afraid we don't have any more coffee.
- exhausted
- fitted out, fitted up, ready
- Hersveitin var vel vopnum búin.
- The squadron was heavily armed.
- Hún er vel búin.
- She's warmly dressed.
Inflection
edit positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | búnari | búnari | búnara |
accusative | búnari | búnari | búnara |
dative | búnari | búnari | búnara |
genitive | búnari | búnari | búnara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | búnari | búnari | búnari |
accusative | búnari | búnari | búnari |
dative | búnari | búnari | búnari |
genitive | búnari | búnari | búnari |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | búnastur | búnust | búnast |
accusative | búnastan | búnasta | búnast |
dative | búnustum | búnastri | búnustu |
genitive | búnasts | búnastrar | búnasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | búnastir | búnastar | búnust |
accusative | búnasta | búnastar | búnust |
dative | búnustum | búnustum | búnustum |
genitive | búnastra | búnastra | búnastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | búnasti | búnasta | búnasta |
accusative | búnasta | búnustu | búnasta |
dative | búnasta | búnustu | búnasta |
genitive | búnasta | búnustu | búnasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | búnustu | búnustu | búnustu |
accusative | búnustu | búnustu | búnustu |
dative | búnustu | búnustu | búnustu |
genitive | búnustu | búnustu | búnustu |
Synonyms
edit- (fitted out): útbúinn
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- að svo búnu (after that, with that being done)
- búinn að vera (to be finished, to be over)
- búinn við einhverju (to be prepared for something)
- illa í stakk búinn til einhvers (to be badly prepared to do something)
- vel í stakk búinn til einhvers (to be well prepared to do something)
- búinn á því
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “búinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
editEtymology
editPast participle of búa.
Participle
editbúinn
Declension
edit Strong declension of búinn
Weak declension of búinn
References
edit- búinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.