Faroese edit

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dúgva f (genitive singular dúgvu, plural dúgvur)

  1. dove, pigeon

Declension edit

Declension of dúgva
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dúgva dúgvan dúgvur dúgvurnar
accusative dúgvu dúgvuna dúgvur dúgvurnar
dative dúgvu dúgvuni dúgvum dúgvunum
genitive dúgvu dúgvunnar dúgva dúgvanna

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