See also: hjupa

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (compare Dutch joop, German Hiefe, dialectal Norwegian hjúpa (briar)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (briar, thorn) (compare Old Prussian kaāubri 'thorn', Lithuanian kaubrė̃ 'heap').

 
Hjúpur.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hjúpa f (genitive singular hjúpu, plural hjúpur)

  1. hip (fruit of a rose)

Declension edit

Declension of hjúpa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjúpa hjúpan hjúpur hjúpurnar
accusative hjúpu hjúpuna hjúpur hjúpurnar
dative hjúpu hjúpuni hjúpum hjúpunum
genitive hjúpu hjúpunnar hjúpa hjúpanna

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From hjúpur (coating).

Verb edit

hjúpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hjúpaði, supine hjúpað)

  1. to coat (cover with a layer of coating)
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

hjúpa

  1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of hjúpur