nábúi
Icelandic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnábúi m (genitive singular nábúa, nominative plural nábúar)
Declension
editdeclension of nábúi
Synonyms
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editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editnábúi m
Declension
edit Declension of nábúi (weak an-stem)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: nábúi
- Faroese: nábúgvi
- Old Swedish: nābōe, nābō
- Swedish: nabo
- Danish: nabo
- → Scottish Gaelic: nàbaidh
References
edit- nábúi in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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