Noun: bófi
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | bófi |
| Sg. Def. | bófinn |
| Pl. Indef. | bófar |
| Pl. Def. | bófarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | bófa |
| Sg. Def. | bófans |
| Pl. Indef. | bófa |
| Pl. Def. | bófanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | bófa |
| Sg. Def. | bófanum |
| Pl. Indef. | bófum |
| Pl. Def. | bófunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | bófa |
| Sg. Def. | bófann |
| Pl. Indef. | bófa |
| Pl. Def. | bófana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like bófi
algóritmi,
algóriþmi,
aðalskáli,
skuggi,
skussi,
skolli,
skauti,
sjónauki,
aðgöngumiði,
æðarbliki,
dópisti,
geimgeisli,
Sígauni,
gráðubogi,
borgarstjóri,
dómpápi,
bakuggi,
bakpoki,
fangaklefi,
Eisti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse bófi (“boy”), from Proto-Germanic *bōbô, from *bō- (“close [male] relation”). Cognate with Dutch boef (“mischievous boy, rascal; also thief”), Middle Low German bôve, German Bube (“boy, rascal, knave, rogue”), dialectal Swedish babbe (“little boy”) and English bub. See: Old Norse Nouns '
bófi', Dutch Nouns '
boef', German Nouns '
Bube', Swedish Nouns '
babbe'.
Verbs referencing "bófi"
English Nouns
boy, Dutch Nouns
boef.
Translations