biblía
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Icelandic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]biblía f (genitive singular biblíu, nominative plural biblíur)
Declension
[edit]Declension of biblía | ||||
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f-w1 | 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 |