nábúi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nábúi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnauːpuːɪ/

Noun

nábúi m (genitive singular nábúa, nominative plural nábúar)

1. neighbour

Synonyms

• (neighbour): granni, nágranni

Derived terms

• nábúakona
• nábúakrytur
• nábúarígur
• nábúaríki
• nábúaþjóð

Old Norse

Etymology

From ná- (“near”) +‎ búi (“dweller, inhabitant, resident”). Compare Old Saxon nāhbūr (Low German nabur), Old English nēahġebūr (whence English neighbour), Dutch nabuur, Old High German nāhgibūr (German Nachbar), all from the earlier Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô.

Noun

nábúi m

1. neighbour

   Synonym: granni

Declension

  Declension of nábúi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nábúi	nábúinn	nábúar	nábúarnir
accusative	nábúa	nábúann	nábúa	nábúana
dative	nábúa	nábúanum	nábúum	nábúunum
genitive	nábúa	nábúans	nábúa	nábúanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: nábúi
• Faroese: nábúgvi
• Old Swedish: nābōe, nābō
  • Swedish: nabo
• Danish: nabo
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: nabo
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: nabo
• → Scottish Gaelic: nàbaidh

References

• nábúi in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.