gorfuglur

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse geirfugl, AD 1605 recorded as goirfugel.

Noun

gorfuglur m (genitive singular gorfugls, plural gorfuglar)

  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 gorfuglur gorfuglurin gorfuglar gorfuglarnir
accusative gorfugl gorfuglin gorfuglar gorfuglarnar
dative gorfugli gorfuglinum gorfuglum gorfuglunum
genitive gorfugls gorfuglsins gorfugla gorfuglanna

Descendants

  • Danish: gejrfugl
  • → French: gorfou
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