búri

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German būr, from Old Saxon *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

Noun

búri m (genitive singular búra, nominative plural búrar)

  1. boor, uncultured person
    Synonyms: durgur, durtur, þjösni, dóni, rusti, ruddi, lunti
  2. miser, stingy person
    Synonym: nirfill
Declension
    Declension of búri
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative búri búrinn búrar búrarnir
accusative búra búrann búra búrana
dative búra búranum búrum búrunum
genitive búra búrans búra búranna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Contraction of búrhvalur.

Noun

búri m (genitive singular búra, nominative plural búrar)

  1. sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus)
Declension
    Declension of búri
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative búri búrinn búrar búrarnir
accusative búra búrann búra búrana
dative búra búranum búrum búrunum
genitive búra búrans búra búranna