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

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
  • Faroese: dúgva, dúva
  • Icelandic: dúfa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: due
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: due
  • Old Danish: dufæ
  • Old Swedish: dūva, ᚦᚢᚠᛆ
  • Scanian: dâwwa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *dūbaną.

Verb

dúfa

  1. to dive
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: duve
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