búinn
See also: buinn
Icelandic
Adjective
búinn (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
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | búni | búna | búna |
| accusative | búna | búnu | búna |
| dative | búna | búnu | búna |
| genitive | búna | búnu | búna |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | búnu | búnu | búnu |
| accusative | búnu | búnu | búnu |
| dative | búnu | búnu | búnu |
| genitive | búnu | búnu | búnu |
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
- (fitted out): útbúinn
Derived terms
Derived 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
Further reading
- “búinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
Etymology
Past participle of búa.
Declension
Strong declension of búinn
Weak declension of búinn
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | búni | búna | búna |
| accusative | búna | búnu | búna |
| dative | búna | búnu | búna |
| genitive | búna | búnu | búna |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | búnu | búnu | búnu |
| accusative | búnu | búnu | búnu |
| dative | búnum | búnum | búnum |
| genitive | búnu | búnu | búnu |
References
- búinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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