báðir

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai-. Cognate with English both, German beide and Dutch beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian Nynorsk båe.

Adjective

báðir m pl (feminine plural báðar, neuter plural bæði)

1. both (used to refer to two or more men)

   Teir eru báðir skemtiligir.

   They're both fun.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai-. Cognate with English both, German beide and Dutch beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian Nynorsk båe.

Adjective

báðir m pl (feminine plural báðar, neuter plural bæði)

1. both (used to refer to two or more men)

   Þeir eru báðir skemmtilegir.

   They're both fun.

Derived terms

• bera kápuna á báðum öxlum

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bai.

Determiner

báðir

1. both

Declension

    Declension of báðir

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	báðir	báðar	bæði
accusative	báða	báðar	bæði
dative	bǫ́ðum	bǫ́ðum	bǫ́ðum
genitive	beggja	beggja	beggja

Descendants

• Icelandic: báðir
• Faroese: báðir
• Norwegian Bokmål: både
• Norwegian Nynorsk: både; båe
• Elfdalian: båðer
• Old Swedish: bāþir, bāþe
  • Swedish: både; båda
• Danish: både

References

• báðir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.