staðfugl

Icelandic

Etymology

From staður +‎ fugl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaːð.fʏkl/
• Rhymes: -aːðfʏkl

Noun

staðfugl m

1. resident bird (a bird that stays all year in the same places)

   Gæti ég flogið væri ég staðfugl, og myndi þá dreyma um að vera tré. ― If I could fly, I would be a resident bird, and then I would dream of being a tree.

Antonyms

resident bird

• farfugl

 

References

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