báðir
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai-. Cognate with English both, German beide and Dutch beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian Nynorsk båe.
Adjective
báðir m pl (feminine plural báðar, neuter plural bæði)
- both (used to refer to two or more men)
- Teir eru báðir skemtiligir.
- They're both fun.
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai-. Cognate with English both, German beide and Dutch beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian Nynorsk båe.
Adjective
báðir m pl (feminine plural báðar, neuter plural bæði)
- both (used to refer to two or more men)
- Þeir eru báðir skemmtilegir.
- They're both fun.
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bai.
Determiner
báðir
Declension
Declension of báðir
Descendants
- Icelandic: báðir
- Faroese: báðir
- Norwegian Bokmål: både
- Norwegian Nynorsk: både; båe
- Elfdalian: båðer
- Old Swedish: bāþir, bāþe
- Danish: både
References
- báðir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese adjectives
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic adjectives
- Icelandic terms with usage examples
- Icelandic indefinite pronouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse determiners
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