eiturkoppur

Faroese

Etymology

From eitur (“poison”) +‎ koppur (“cup”).

Compare Norwegian edderkopp and Danish edderkop.

See also Orkney dialect word "ettercaps" (spiders)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaiːtʊɹ̥ˌkʰɔʰpːʊɹ]

Noun

eiturkoppur m (genitive singular eiturkops, plural eiturkoppar)

  1. spider (arthropods of the order Araneae)

Declension

m9 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eiturkoppur eiturkoppurin eiturkoppar eiturkopparnir
accusative eiturkopp eiturkoppin eiturkoppar eiturkopparnar
dative eiturkoppi eiturkoppinum eiturkoppum eiturkoppunum
genitive eiturkops eiturkopsins eiturkoppa eiturkoppanna

Derived terms

  • eiturkoppaslag
  • eiturkoppanót
  • húseiturkoppur
  • krabbaeiturkoppur
  • trøllaeiturkoppur

See also

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