nábúi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nábúi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnauːpuːɪ/

Noun

nábúi m (genitive singular nábúa, nominative plural nábúar)

neighbour
Synonyms: granni, nágranni

Declension

Declension of *nábúi* (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

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

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nábúi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 309; also available at the Internet Archive