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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse nábúi.
Pronunciation
Noun
nábúi m (genitive singular nábúa, nominative plural nábúar)
- neighbour
- Synonyms: granni, nágranni
Declension
Declension of nábúi (masculine)
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From ná- (“near”) + búi (“dweller, inhabitant, resident”). Compare Old Saxon nāhbūr (Low German nabur), Old English nēahġebūr (whence English neighbour), Dutch nabuur, Old High German nāhgibūr (German Nachbar), all from the earlier Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô.
Noun
nábúi m
- neighbour
- Synonym: granni
Declension
Declension of nábúi (weak an-stem)
Descendants
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