fluga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fluga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfluːa/
  • Rhymes: -uːa

Noun

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)

  1. fly (insect)
  2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)

Declension
Declension of fluga
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fluga flugan flugur flugurnar
accusative flugu fluguna flugur flugurnar
dative flugu fluguni flugum flugunum
genitive flugu flugunnar fluga fluganna

Derived terms

See also

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈflʏːɣa/ (
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    )
    Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fluga.

Noun

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, nominative plural flugur)

  1. fly (insect)
  2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)
  3. (badminton) a shuttlecock (a lightweight object used as a ball)
Declension
declension of fluga
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fluga flugan flugur flugurnar
accusative flugu fluguna flugur flugurnar
dative flugu flugunni flugum flugunum
genitive flugu flugunnar flugna flugnanna
Derived terms

Noun

fluga n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of flug

Noun

fluga m

  1. indefinite genitive plural of flugur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fluga f (definite singular fluga, indefinite plural fluger or flugor, definite plural flugene or flugone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of fluge
  2. definite singular of fluge

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Noun

fluga f

  1. fly (insect)
  • *fljúga

Descendants
  • Icelandic: fluga
  • Faroese: fluga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fluga, fluge, flugu
  • Elfdalian: flugu
  • Old Swedish: flugha
  • Old Danish: flughæ
  • Gutnish: fluge, flugå

References
  • “fluga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish flugha, from Old Norse fluga (“fly”), from Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Pronunciation
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Noun

fluga c

  1. a fly (insect)
    Flyg, fula fluga, flyg! Och den fula flugan flög. (tongue twister)
    Fly [verb], ugly fly, fly! And the ugly fly flew.
  2. (fishing) a fly (lure resembling an insect)
  3. a bowtie
  4. a temporarily very popular pastime; a craze, a fad.
    Synonym: dagslända

Declension
Declension of fluga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fluga flugan flugor flugorna
Genitive flugas flugans flugors flugornas

Derived terms

References
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