rjúpa
See also: rjupa
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrjuːpa/
- Rhymes: -uːpa
Noun
rjúpa f (genitive singular rjúpu, nominative plural rjúpur)
- rock ptarmigan, (UK) ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rjúpa | rjúpan | rjúpur | rjúpurnar |
| accusative | rjúpu | rjúpuna | rjúpur | rjúpurnar |
| dative | rjúpu | rjúpunni | rjúpum | rjúpunum |
| genitive | rjúpu | rjúpunnar | rjúpna | rjúpnanna |
Derived terms
- rjúpnalauf (“Dryas octopetala, mountain avens, eightpetal mountain-avens”)
- rjúpnalaufsbendill (“Marasmius epidryas”)
- rjúpnalaufsflikra (“Isothea rhytismoides”)
- rjúpnalaufshnefla (“Russula saliceticola”)
- rjúpnalaufsskildingur (“Stomiopeltis dryadis”)
- rjúpnaskytta
- rjúpnaveiði
- rjúpuber (“black bearberry, alpine bearberry, alpine currant, ptarmigan berry”)
- rjúpulilja (“Fritillaria cirrhosa, Sichuan fritillary”)
- rjúpustör (“Carex lachenalii, alpine hare sedge, hare's-foot sedge, twotipped sedge”)
Old Norse
Etymology
Related to Proto-Slavic *arębъ (“partridge”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
rjúpa