fluga

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fluga.

Pronunciation

Noun

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)

  1. fly (insect)
  2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)

Declension

Declension of fluga
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fluga flugan flugur flugurnar
accusative flugu fluguna flugur flugurnar
dative flugu fluguni flugum flugunum
genitive flugu flugunnar fluga fluganna

Derived terms

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflʏːɣa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fluga.

Noun

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, nominative plural flugur)

  1. fly (insect)
  2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)
  3. (badminton) a shuttlecock (a lightweight object used as a ball)
Declension
    Declension of fluga
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fluga flugan flugur flugurnar
accusative flugu fluguna flugur flugurnar
dative flugu flugunni flugum flugunum
genitive flugu flugunnar flugna flugnanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

fluga n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of flug

Etymology 3

Noun

fluga m

  1. indefinite genitive plural of flugur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fluga f (definite singular fluga, indefinite plural fluger or flugor, definite plural flugene or flugone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of fluge
  2. definite singular of fluge

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Noun

fluga f

  1. fly (insect)

Descendants

References

  • “fluga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

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Wikipedia sv
en fluga (husfluga (“housefly”)) (sense 1)
flugor (sense 2)
en fluga (sense 3)

Etymology

From Old Swedish flugha, from Old Norse fluga (“fly”), from Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Pronunciation

Noun

fluga c

  2. a fly (insect)
    Flyg, fula fluga, flyg! Och den fula flugan flög. [a tongue twister]
    Fly , ugly fly, fly! And the ugly fly flew.
  4. (fishing) a fly (lure resembling an insect)
  6. a bowtie
  8. a fad, a craze (phenomenon that becomes popular for a short time)

Usage notes

Not necessarily as negative sounding as fad in (sense 4) (though it sounds the same in "Det är bara en fluga" (It's just a fad) and the like). Craze is often closer in tone, leaning more tongue-in-cheek or the like.

Declension

Declension of fluga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fluga flugas
definite flugan flugans
plural indefinite flugor flugors
definite flugorna flugornas

Derived terms

See also

References

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