dúfa

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Icelandic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dúfa f (genitive singular dúfu, nominative plural dúfur)

  1. pigeon, dove

Declension[edit]

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

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

Noun[edit]

dúfa f (genitive dúfu, plural dúfur)

  1. dove

Declension[edit]

  Declension of dúfa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine 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

Descendants[edit]

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