dúfa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Faroese dúgva, Danish due, Norwegian Bokmål due, Swedish duva, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːva/
  • Rhymes: -uːva

Noun

dúfa f (genitive singular dúfu, nominative plural dúfur)

  1. dove, pigeon

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

Noun

dúfa f (genitive dúfu, plural dúfur)

  1. dove, pigeon
Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: dúfa
  • Faroese: dúgva, dúva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: duva, duve, due
  • Swedish: duva
  • Danish: due
    • Norwegian Bokmål: due

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *dūbaną.

Verb

dúfa

  1. to dive
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: duve
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