búinn

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Icelandic

Etymology

Past participle of búa (“to reside, prepare”).

Adjective

búinn (comparative búnari, superlative búnastur)

  1. completed, finished, over
    Ertu búinn að fara út með ruslið?
    Did you take out the trash?
    Er myndin búin?
    Is the film over?
  2. depleted, finished
    Því miður, kaffið er búið.
    I'm afraid we don't have any more coffee.
  3. exhausted
  4. fitted out, fitted up, ready
    Synonym: útbúinn
    Hersveitin var vel vopnum búin.
    The squadron was heavily armed.
    Hún er vel búin.
    She's warmly dressed.

Declension

positive forms of búinn
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative búinn búin búið
accusative búinn búna
dative búnum búinni búnu
genitive búins búinnar búins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative búnir búnar búin
accusative búna
dative búnum
genitive búinna
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative búni búna búna
acc/dat/gen búna búnu
plural (all-case) búnu
comparative forms of búinn
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) búnari búnari búnara
plural (all-case) búnari
superlative forms of búinn
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative búnastur búnust búnast
accusative búnastan búnasta
dative búnustum búnastri búnustu
genitive búnasts búnastrar búnasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative búnastir búnastar búnust
accusative búnasta
dative búnustum
genitive búnastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative búnasti búnasta búnasta
acc/dat/gen búnasta búnustu
plural (all-case) búnustu

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

Past participle of búa.

Participle

búinn

  1. past participle of búa
  2. prepared, fit, adapted
  3. ready, willing
    Synonym: viljugr

Declension

    Strong declension of búinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative búinn búin búit
accusative búinn búna búit
dative búnum búinni búnu
genitive búins búinnar búins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative búnir búnar búin
accusative búna búnar búin
dative búnum búnum búnum
genitive búinna búinna búinna
    Weak declension of búinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative búni búna búna
accusative búna búnu búna
dative búna búnu búna
genitive búna búnu búna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative búnu búnu búnu
accusative búnu búnu búnu
dative búnum búnum búnum
genitive búnu búnu búnu

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