bindindi
التعريفات والمعاني
== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology ===
From að binda sig við eitthvað (“to restrict/commit oneself to something”). Compare að skuldbinda sig (“to commit oneself to something”).
=== Noun ===
bindindi n (genitive singular bindindis, no plural)
abstinence, abstaining from doing something, usually in particular abstaining from drinking alcohol
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
bindindisfélag (“an association for people who abstain from alcohol”)
bindindismaður (“person who abstains from alcohol”)
bindindissamur (“abstinent, ascetic”)
áfengisbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
vínbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
þagnarbindindi (“temporary vow of silence”)