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skarv

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skarfr, from a Germanic base imitative of the birds' harsh croaking sounds.

Noun

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skarv c

  1. shag, cormorant (a bird)
  2. great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Declension

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Declension of skarv
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skarv skarven skarver skarverne
genitive skarvs skarvens skarvers skarvernes

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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skarv

  1. indefinite accusative singular of skarvur

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skarfr.

Noun

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skarv m (definite singular skarven, indefinite plural skarver, definite plural skarvene)

  1. a cormorant (seabird)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse skarfr.

Noun

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skarv m (definite singular skarven, indefinite plural skarvar, definite plural skarvane)

  1. a bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae, the cormorants and shags
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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skarv n (definite singular skarvet, indefinite plural skarv, definite plural skarva)

  1. cliff, bare rockface

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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  • skarf (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

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From Old Norse skarfr, from a Germanic base imitative of the birds' harsh croaking sounds.

Noun

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skarv c

  1. a joint
  2. an extension
  3. a cormorant (a bird)

Declension

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Declension of skarv
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skarv skarvs
definite skarven skarvens
plural indefinite skarvar skarvars
definite skarvarna skarvarnas
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References

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  • Lockwood, William Burley (1984): The Oxford book of British bird names, p. 134

Anagrams

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