bý

See also: by, BY, by-, by., -by, .by, and b'y

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

Noun

bý n (genitive singular býs, nominative plural bý)

  1. (chiefly poetic) bee (insect)
Declension
declension of bý
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bý býið bý býin
accusative bý býið bý býin
dative býi býinu býjum býjunum
genitive býs býsins býja býjanna
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See búa.

Verb

bý

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of búa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *biją, from Proto-Germanic *bijǭ, having been altered by analogy to mý. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-.[1] Germanic cognates include Old English bēo (English bee), Old Frisian bē (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie).

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈbyː/

Noun

bý n

  1. bee (insect)

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “bīōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 65
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