uggla
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Late Modern Swedish ugla, from Old Swedish uggla, from Old Norse ugla (compare Danish ugle, Icelandic ugla), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”) (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-. Feminine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to English owl.
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Noun edit
uggla c
Declension edit
| Declension of uggla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | uggla | ugglan | ugglor | ugglorna |
| Genitive | ugglas | ugglans | ugglors | ugglornas |
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Further reading edit
- uggla in Svensk ordbok.