báðir

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai-. Cognate with English both, German 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 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

bera kápuna á báðum öxlum

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bai-.

Determiner

báðir

both

Declension

Declension of báðir

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	báðir	báðar	bæði
accusative	báða	báðar	bæði
dative	báðum	báðum	báðum
genitive	beggja	beggja	beggja

Descendants

Icelandic: báðir
Faroese: báðir
Norwegian Nynorsk: både; begge, båe
Norwegian Bokmål: både; begge
Swedish: både; bägge, båda
Danish: både; begge
Elfdalian: båðer

References

báðir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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