biblía
Icelandic
Alternative forms
- biflía (nonstandard, archaic)
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪpliːja/
Declension
declension of biblía
| 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 |
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