ugla
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Babungo Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʊkla/
- Rhymes: -ʊkla
Noun
ugla f (genitive singular uglu, plural uglur)
Declension
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ugla | uglan | uglur | uglurnar |
| accusative | uglu | ugluna | uglur | uglurnar |
| dative | uglu | ugluni | uglum | uglunum |
| genitive | uglu | uglunnar | ugla | uglanna |
Hyponyms
- hjartaugla
- kattugla
- snjóugla
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʏkla/
- Rhymes: -ʏkla
- Homophone: Ugla
Noun
ugla f (genitive singular uglu, nominative plural uglur)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ugla | uglan | uglur | uglurnar |
| accusative | uglu | ugluna | uglur | uglurnar |
| dative | uglu | uglunni | uglum | uglunum |
| genitive | uglu | uglunnar | ugla, uglna | uglanna, uglnanna |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- uglen m sg
Noun
ugla f sg
- definite feminine singular of ugle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ugla f sg
- definite feminine singular of ugle
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
ugla (Cyrillic spelling угла)
- genitive singular of ugao