flugur
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflʏːɣʏr/
- Rhymes: -ʏːɣʏr
Etymology 1
From Old Norse flugr, from Proto-Germanic *flugiz.
Noun
flugur m (genitive singular flugar, no plural)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (vexillology) fly (the edge or half of the flag furthest from the flagpole)
- (rare) flight
- Synonym: flug
- draga arnsúg í flugnum ― to soar like an eagle
- (rare) fletching (the feathers on an arrow)
- 1888-92, Ólafur Davíðsson, Íslenzkar skemtanir, page 348:
- Þó er betra að hafa fluginn úr pappír og er eptir því betra sem hann er stinnari.
- However, it is better to have the fletching made of paper, and the firmer it is, the better.
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | flugur | flugurinn |
| accusative | flug | fluginn |
| dative | flug | flugnum |
| genitive | flugar | flugarins |
Etymology 2
Noun
flugur f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
flugur f
- (nonstandard form since 1917) indefinite plural of flugu
Old Norse
Noun
flugur
- inflection of fluga:
- nominative plural indefinite
- accusative plural indefinite