fluga
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)
Declension edit
| 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 edit
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Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
fluga f (genitive singular flugu, nominative plural flugur)
- fly (insect)
- (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)
- (badminton) a shuttlecock (a lightweight object used as a ball)
Declension edit
declension of fluga
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
fluga n
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
fluga m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
fluga f (definite singular fluga, indefinite plural fluger or flugor, definite plural flugene or flugone)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.
Noun edit
fluga f
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fluga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish flugha, from Old Norse fluga (“fly”), from Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
fluga c
- a fly (insect)
- Flyg, fula fluga, flyg! Och den fula flugan flög. (tongue twister)
- Fly [verb], ugly fly, fly! And the ugly fly flew.
- (fishing) a fly (lure resembling an insect)
- a bowtie
- a temporarily very popular pastime; a craze, a fad.
- Synonym: dagslända
Declension edit
| Declension of fluga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fluga | flugan | flugor | flugorna |
| Genitive | flugas | flugans | flugors | flugornas |