dúfa

Icelandic

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːva/
• Rhymes: -uːva

Noun

dúfa f (genitive singular dúfu, nominative plural dúfur)

1. dove, pigeon

Declension

Declension of dúfa (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

Derived terms

• flökkudúfa

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

Noun

dúfa f (genitive dúfu, plural dúfur)

1. dove, pigeon

Declension

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

• Icelandic: dúfa
• Faroese: dúgva, dúva
• Norwegian Nynorsk: duva, duve, due
• Swedish: duva
• Danish: due
  • Norwegian Bokmål: due

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *dūbaną.

Verb

dúfa

1. to dive

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: duve