gorfuglur
Faroese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse geirfugl, AD 1605 recorded as goirfugel.
Noun edit
gorfuglur m (genitive singular gorfugls, plural gorfuglar)
- great auk (Pinguinus impennis), an extinct bird, which was observed 1808 for the last time in the Faroes.
Declension edit
| Declension of gorfuglur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gorfuglur | gorfuglurin | gorfuglar | gorfuglarnir |
| accusative | gorfugl | gorfuglin | gorfuglar | gorfuglarnar |
| dative | gorfugli | gorfuglinum | gorfuglum | gorfuglunum |
| genitive | gorfugls | gorfuglsins | gorfugla | gorfuglanna |