dúfa

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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dúfa f (genitive singular dúfu, nominative plural dúfur)

  1. dove, pigeon

Declension

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    Declension of dúfa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dúfa dúfan dúfur dúfurnar
accusative dúfu dúfuna dúfur dúfurnar
dative dúfu dúfunni dúfum dúfunum
genitive dúfu dúfunnar dúfna dúfnanna

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

Noun

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dúfa f (genitive dúfu, plural dúfur)

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

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *dūbaną.

Verb

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dúfa

  1. to dive
Inflection
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
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  • Norwegian Bokmål: duve