gaupa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gaupa. Cognate with Faroese geypa (“lynx”) and Norwegian gaupe (“lynx”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkøyːpa/

  Rhymes: -øyːpa

Noun

gaupa f (genitive singular gaupu, nominative plural gaupur)

1. lynx

Declension

declension of gaupa

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gaupa	gaupan	gaupur	gaupurnar
accusative	gaupu	gaupuna	gaupur	gaupurnar
dative	gaupu	gaupunni	gaupum	gaupunum
genitive	gaupu	gaupunnar	gaupa/gaupna	gaupanna/gaupnanna

Derived terms

• evrasíugaupa (Lynx lynx)
• Gaupan
• gaupuskinn
• íberíugaupa (Lynx pardinus)
• Kanadagaupa (Lynx canadensis)
• rauðgaupa (Lynx rufus)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gaupen

Noun

gaupa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of gaupe

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gaupa f

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of gaupe

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Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

gaupa f

1. a lynx (an animal of the species Lynx lynx)

Derived terms

• hergaupa

Descendants

• Faroese: geypa
• Icelandic: gaupa
• Norwegian: gaupe (Bokmål), gaupe (Nynorsk)

• Jamtish: goupe
• Swedish: göpa, göpe

See also

• kǫttr
• gaukr
• gaupn

References

• “gaupa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "gaupa" on page 161 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).