eiturkoppur

Faroese

eiturkoppur

Etymology

eitur (“poison”) +‎ koppur (“cup”)

Compare Norwegian edderkopp and Danish edderkop.

See also Orkney dialect word "ettercaps" (spiders)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaiːtʊɹ̥ˌkʰɔʰpːʊɹ]

Noun

eiturkoppur m (genitive singular eiturkops, plural eiturkoppar)

1. spider (arthropods of the order Araneae)

Declension

m9	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	eiturkoppur	eiturkoppurin	eiturkoppar	eiturkopparnir
Accusative	eiturkopp	eiturkoppin	eiturkoppar	eiturkopparnar
Dative	eiturkoppi	eiturkoppinum	eiturkoppum	eiturkoppunum
Genitive	eiturkops	eiturkopsins	eiturkoppa	eiturkoppanna

Derived terms

• eiturkoppaslag
• eiturkoppanót
• húseiturkoppur
• krabbaeiturkoppur
• trøllaeiturkoppur

Related terms

• eitursoppur
• eiturormur
• eiturslanga
• eiturbroddur
• eiturfon
• lokkanet
• spinnilvevur
• silkitráður
• torvatrøll
• liðadýr
• lús
• meyra
• mariuhøna
• klukka
• býfluga
• fluga