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dúfa

Icelandic edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Faroese dúgva, Danish due, Norwegian Bokmål due, Swedish duva, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dúfa f (genitive singular dúfu, nominative plural dúfur)

  1. dove, pigeon

Declension edit

declension of dúfa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dúfa dúfan dúfur dúfurnar
accusative dúfu dúfuna dúfur dúfurnar
dative dúfu dúfunni dúfum dúfunum
genitive dúfu dúfunnar dúfna dúfnanna

Derived terms edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

Noun edit

dúfa f (genitive dúfu, plural dúfur)

  1. dove, pigeon
Declension edit
  Declension of dúfa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dúfa dúfan dúfur dúfurnar
accusative dúfu dúfuna dúfur dúfurnar
dative dúfu dúfunni dúfum dúfunum
genitive dúfu dúfunnar dúfna dúfnanna
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: dúfa
  • Faroese: dúgva, dúva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: duva, duve, due
  • Swedish: duva
  • Danish: due
    • Norwegian Bokmål: due

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *dūbaną.

Verb edit

dúfa

  1. to dive
Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: duve
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