geirfuglur

Faroese

Alternative forms

• gorfuglur

Etymology

From Old Norse geirfugl, AD 1605 recorded as goirfugel.

Noun

geirfuglur m (genitive singular geirfugls, plural geirfuglar)

1. great auk (Pinguinus impennis), an extinct bird, which was observed 1808 for the last time in the Faroes.

Declension

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

Descendants

• Danish: gejrfugl
• → French: gorfou