geirfuglur

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse geirfugl, AD 1605 recorded as goirfugel.

Noun

geirfuglur m (genitive singular geirfugls, plural geirfuglar)

  1. great auk (Pinguinus impennis), an extinct bird, which was observed 1808 for the last time in the Faroes.

Declension

m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative geirfuglur geirfuglurin geirfuglar geirfuglarnir
accusative geirfugl geirfuglin geirfuglar geirfuglarnar
dative geirfugli geirfuglinum geirfuglum geirfuglunum
genitive geirfugls geirfuglsins geirfugla geirfuglanna

Descendants

  • Danish: gejrfugl
  • → French: gorfou
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