biblía

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

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• biflía (nonstandard, archaic)

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