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)

(chiefly poetic) bee (insect)

Declension

declension of bý

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	bý	býið	bý	býin
accusative	bý	býið	bý	býin
dative	býi	býinu	býjum	býjunum
genitive	býs	býsins	býja	býjanna

Synonyms

býfluga

Derived terms

býfluga

Etymology 2

See búa.

Verb

bý

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).

Noun

bý n

bee (insect)

Descendants

Icelandic: bý, býfluga
Faroese: býfluga
Norwegian: bie (Bokmål), bie (Nynorsk)

Old Swedish: bī, bȳ
- Swedish: bi
Old Danish: bī
- Danish: bi

References

↑ 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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