biblía

See also: biblia, bíblia, Biblia, Bíblia, and Biblią

Icelandic

Alternative forms
  • biflía (nonstandard)

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/

Noun

biblía f (genitive singular biblíu, nominative plural biblíur)

  1. Bible, bible

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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