skúgvur
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Faroese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- skúvur m
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skúgvur m (genitive singular skúvs, plural skúgvar)
- great skua (Stercorarius skua, a seabird of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway and Scotland)
- tuft
- the pyloric caeca of fish
Usage notes[edit]
This term was exported before the onset of Faroese skerping, which produced the change: skúvur > skúgvur.
Declension[edit]
| m40 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skúgvur | skúgvurin | skúgvar | skúgvarnir |
| Accusative | skúgv | skúgvin | skúgvar | skúgvarnar |
| Dative | skúgvi | skúgvinum | skúgvum | skúgvunum |
| Genitive | skúvs | skúvsins | skúgva | skúgvanna |
Descendants[edit]
- → Bulgarian: ску́а f (skúa)
- → English: skua
- → Welsh: sgiwen f
- → French: skua m
- → German: Skua f
- → Portuguese: escua, skua
- → Russian: ску́а f (skúa)
- → Carpathian Rusyn: ску́а f (skúa)
- → Spanish: skúa m
References[edit]
- “skúgvur” in G. V. C. Young, Cynthia R. Clewer, Føroysk-Ensk Orðabók / Faroese-English Dictionary (1985).