lús

See also: lus, lûs, luš, and -lus

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʉuːs/
• Rhymes: -ʉuːs

Noun

lús f (genitive singular lúsar, plural lýs)

1. louse

Declension

Declension of lús
f16	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lús	lúsin	lýs	lýsnar
accusative	lús	lúsina	lýs	lýsnar
dative	lús	lúsini	lúsum	lúsunum, lýsnum
genitive	lúsar	lúsarinnar	lúsa	lúsanna

Derived terms

• blaðlús f
• feigdarlús f
• fiskalús f
• flatlús f
• fuglalús f
• førilús f
• førlús f
• grótlús f
• grunnlús f
• hoylús f
• høvuðlús f
• kongalús f
• lundalús f
• seyðalús f
• skriðlús f
• taralús f

Related terms

• liðadýr
• skordýr
• mariuhøna
• meyra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːs/

  Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

lús f (genitive singular lúsar, nominative plural lýs)

1. louse
2. stingy or miserly person
3. (computing) bug

   Synonym: böggur

Declension

declension of lús

f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lús	lúsin	lýs	lýsnar
accusative	lús	lúsina	lýs	lýsnar
dative	lús	lúsinni	lúsum	lúsunum
genitive	lúsar	lúsarinnar	lúsa	lúsanna

Derived terms

• flatlús
• höfuðlús

Further reading

• “lús” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūs. Compare Old English lūs, Old High German lūs.

Noun

lús f (genitive lúsar, plural lýss)

1. louse

Declension

  Declension of lús (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lús	lúsin	lýss	lýssnar
accusative	lús	lúsina	lýss	lýssnar
dative	lús	lúsinni	lúsum	lúsunum
genitive	lúsar	lúsarinnar	lúsa	lúsanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: lús
• Faroese: lús
• Norn: lus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lus
• Norwegian Bokmål: lus
• Old Swedish: lūs
  • Swedish: lus
• Danish: lus

West Frisian

Noun

lús c (plural luzen, diminutive lúske)

1. Alternative form of lûs