skúgvur

Faroese

FWOTD – 8 May 2014

Alternative forms

  • skúvur m

Etymology

From Old Norse skúfr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɪkvʊɹ/

Noun

skúgvur m (genitive singular skúvs, plural skúgvar)

  1. great skua (Stercorarius skua, a seabird of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway and Scotland)
  2. tuft
  3. the pyloric caeca of fish

Usage notes

This term was exported before the onset of Faroese skerping, which produced the change: skúvur > skúgvur.

Declension

Declension of skúgvur (m40)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skúgvur skúgvurin skúgvar skúgvarnir
accusative skúgv skúgvin skúgvar skúgvarnar
dative skúgvi skúgvinum skúgvum skúgvunum
genitive skúvs skúvsins skúgva skúgvanna

Descendants

  • → Bulgarian: ску́а f (skúa)
  • → Carpathian Rusyn: ску́а f (skúa)
  • → Danish: skue c
  • → English: skua
  • → French: skua m
  • → German: Skua f
  • → Portuguese: escua, skua
  • → Russian: ску́а f (skúa)
  • → Spanish: skúa m

References

  • “skúgvur” in G. V. C. Young, Cynthia R. Clewer, Føroysk-Ensk Orðabók / Faroese-English Dictionary (1985).
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