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

Related terms

• Biblía (“Bible”) (often definite)