Noun: tabú
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | tabú |
| Sg. Def. | tabúið |
| Pl. Indef. | tabú |
| Pl. Def. | tabúin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | tabús |
| Sg. Def. | tabúsins |
| Pl. Indef. | tabúa |
| Pl. Def. | tabúanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | tabúi |
| Sg. Def. | tabúinu |
| Pl. Indef. | tabúum |
| Pl. Def. | tabúunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | tabú |
| Sg. Def. | tabúið |
| Pl. Indef. | tabú |
| Pl. Def. | tabúin |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like tabú
hænsnabú,
sjampó,
smyrsl,
höfrungahlaup,
smáorð,
brennivín,
skraut,
rauðaldin,
þarfaþing,
aðgangskort,
skapahár,
villidýr,
fingurbjargarblóm,
krampaflog,
uppgjör,
tvíhljóð,
aðgangsorð,
gufustraujárn,
prakkarastrik,
baksvið, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited”). See: English Nouns '
taboo'.
Translations