biblía

See also: biblia, bíblia, Biblia, Bíblia, Bibliä, and Biblią

Icelandic

Alternative forms

  • biflía (nonstandard, archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin biblia (“collection of books”), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪpliːja/

Noun

biblía f (genitive singular biblíu, nominative plural biblíur)

  1. (figurative) bible

Declension

Declension of biblía (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative biblía biblían biblíur biblíurnar
accusative biblíu biblíuna biblíur biblíurnar
dative biblíu biblíunni biblíum biblíunum
genitive biblíu biblíunnar biblía biblíanna
  • Biblía (“Bible”) (often definite)
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