gaupa
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gaupa. Cognate with Faroese geypa (“lynx”) and Norwegian gaupe (“lynx”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkøyːpa/
- Rhymes: -øyːpa
Noun
gaupa f (genitive singular gaupu, nominative plural gaupur)
- lynx
Declension
declension of gaupa
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gaupa | gaupan | gaupur | gaupurnar |
| accusative | gaupu | gaupuna | gaupur | gaupurnar |
| dative | gaupu | gaupunni | gaupum | gaupunum |
| genitive | gaupu | gaupunnar | gaupa/gaupna | gaupanna/gaupnanna |
Derived terms
- evrasíugaupa (Lynx lynx)
- Gaupan
- gaupuskinn
- íberíugaupa (Lynx pardinus)
- Kanadagaupa (Lynx canadensis)
- rauðgaupa (Lynx rufus)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- gaupen
Noun
gaupa m or f
- definite feminine singular of gaupe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gaupa f
- definite singular of gaupe
Old Norse
Noun
gaupa f
- a lynx (an animal of the species Lynx lynx)
Derived terms
- hergaupa
Descendants
- Faroese: geypa
- Icelandic: gaupa
- Norwegian: gaupe (Bokmål), gaupe (Nynorsk)
- Jamtish: goupe
- Swedish: göpa, göpe
See also
- kǫttr
- gaukr
- gaupn
References
- gaupa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Entry "gaupa" on page 161 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).