geirfuglur
Faroese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse geirfugl, AD 1605 recorded as goirfugel.
Noun edit
geirfuglur m (genitive singular geirfugls, plural geirfuglar)
- great auk (Pinguinus impennis), an extinct bird, which was observed 1808 for the last time in the Faroes.
Declension edit
| Declension of geirfuglur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | geirfuglur | geirfuglurin | geirfuglar | geirfuglarnir |
| accusative | geirfugl | geirfuglin | geirfuglar | geirfuglarnar |
| dative | geirfugli | geirfuglinum | geirfuglum | geirfuglunum |
| genitive | geirfugls | geirfuglsins | geirfugla | geirfuglanna |