nábúi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nábúi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnauːpuːɪ/

Noun

nábúi m (genitive singular nábúa, nominative plural nábúar)

neighbour

Declension

declension of nábúi

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	nábúi	nábúinn	nábúar	nábúarnir
accusative	nábúa	nábúann	nábúa	nábúana
dative	nábúa	nábúanum	nábúum	nábúunum
genitive	nábúa	nábúans	nábúa	nábúanna

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

neighbour
Synonym: granni

Declension

Declension of nábúi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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.

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