dúfa

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Icelandic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Faroese dúgva, Danish due, Norwegian Bokmål due, Swedish duva, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dúfa f (genitive singular dúfu, nominative plural dúfur)

  1. dove, pigeon

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

Noun[edit]

dúfa f (genitive dúfu, plural dúfur)

  1. dove, pigeon
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: dúfa
  • Faroese: dúgva, dúva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: duva, duve, due
  • Swedish: duva
  • Danish: due
    • Norwegian Bokmål: due

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *dūbaną.

Verb[edit]

dúfa

  1. to dive
Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]
  • Norwegian Bokmål: duve