fluga
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse fluga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfluː(w)ʊ/
Noun
fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)
- fly (insect)
- (fishing) fly
Declension
| Declension of fluga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fluga | flugan | flugur | flugurnar |
| accusative | flugu | fluguna | flugur | flugurnar |
| dative | flugu | fluguni | flugum | flugunum |
| genitive | flugu | flugunnar | fluga | fluganna |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- búfluga
- býfluga
- húsfluga
- køstafluga
- lokkafluga
Related terms
- liðadýr
- skordýr
- meyra
- vespa
- lús
- klukka
- eiturkoppur
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflʏːɣa/ (
)listen (file) - Rhymes: -ʏːɣa
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fluga.
Noun
fluga f (genitive singular flugu, nominative plural flugur)
- fly (insect)
- (fishing) fly
Declension
declension of fluga
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fluga | flugan | flugur | flugurnar |
| accusative | flugu | fluguna | flugur | flugurnar |
| dative | flugu | flugunni | flugum | flugunum |
| genitive | flugu | flugunnar | flugna | flugnanna |
Derived terms
- dægurfluga
- flugnaspaði
- húsfluga
- sviffluga
- hrossafluga
- sviffluga
- moskítófluga
- mýfluga
- fá flugu í hausinn
Noun
fluga n
- indefinite genitive plural of flug
Noun
fluga m
- indefinite genitive plural of flugur
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fluga f
- definite singular of fluge
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.
Noun
fluga f
- fly (insect)
Descendants
- Danish: flue c
- Faroese: fluga f
- Icelandic: fluga f
- Norwegian (Bokmål): flue m
- Norwegian (Nynorsk): fluge f
- Elfdalian: flugå
- Swedish: fluga c
References
- fluga in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish flugha, from Old Norse fluga (“fly”), from Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.
Pronunciation
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Noun
fluga c
- fly (insect)
- (fishing) fly
- bowtie
- a temporarily very popular pastime; a craze, a fad
Declension
| Declension of fluga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fluga | flugan | flugor | flugorna |
| Genitive | flugas | flugans | flugors | flugornas |
See also
- inte göra en fluga förnär