gaupa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gaupa. Cognate with Faroese geypa (“lynx”) and Norwegian gaupe (“lynx”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkøyːpa/
    Rhymes: -øyːpa

Noun

gaupa f (genitive singular gaupu, nominative plural gaupur)

  1. lynx

Declension

Declension of gaupa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gaupa gaupan gaupur gaupurnar
accusative gaupu gaupuna gaupur gaupurnar
dative gaupu gaupunni gaupum gaupunum
genitive gaupu gaupunnar gaupna, gaupa gaupnanna, gaupanna

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

gaupa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of gaupe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gaupa f

  1. definite singular of gaupe

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

gaupa f

  1. a lynx (an animal of the species Lynx lynx)

Derived terms

  • hergaupa

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gaupa
  • Faroese: geypa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gaupe, gaupa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gaupe
  • Jamtish: goupe
  • Swedish: göpa, göpe

See also

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gaupa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 160; also available at the Internet Archive
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