Noun: kubbi
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | kubbi |
| Sg. Def. | kubbinn |
| Pl. Indef. | kubbar |
| Pl. Def. | kubbarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | kubba |
| Sg. Def. | kubbans |
| Pl. Indef. | kubba |
| Pl. Def. | kubbanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | kubba |
| Sg. Def. | kubbanum |
| Pl. Indef. | kubbum |
| Pl. Def. | kubbunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | kubba |
| Sg. Def. | kubbann |
| Pl. Indef. | kubba |
| Pl. Def. | kubbana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kubbi
skalli,
ǫlnbogi,
regnbogi,
blakkriði,
einriði,
ǫlbogi,
ǫkvisi,
þungi,
dauði,
gráði,
lundi,
munni,
beini,
blóði,
hneri,
hlýri,
hixti,
hegri,
trýni,
iætti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Germanic *kubb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”),
2. Probably related to kefli, kafli, kafl, to Proto-Germanic *kablô (“round piece of wood; stick, rod”), to Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“branch”) to a word family either referencing wood or shape (compare Swedish vedgubbe (“block of firewood”), dynamitgubbe (“stick of dynamite”)).
3. Several roots are visible in senses and related words:
4. * Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round (convex) or lumpy, stubby or thick shaped thing”)
5. ** Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to convex”)
6. * Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“branch”)
7. * Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to chop, cut (off)”)
8. Cognate to English cobble, German (Switzerland) Guppe (“hat bowl”). See: English Nouns '
cobble'.
Verbs referencing "kubbi"
Icelandic Nouns
kobbi, Swedish Nouns
dynamitgubbe.
Translations