bindindi
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom að binda sig við eitthvað (“to restrict oneself to something” or “to commit oneself to something”), compare að skuldbinda sig (“to commit oneself to something”).
Noun
editbindindi n (genitive singular bindindis, no plural)
- abstinence, abstaining from doing something, usually in particular abstaining from drinking alcohol
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- bindindisfélag (“an association for people who abstain from alcohol”)
- bindindismaður (“person who abstains from alcohol”)
- bindindissamur (“abstinent, ascetic”)
- áfengisbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
- vínbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
- þagnarbindindi (“temporary vow of silence”)