lús

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

Noun

lús f (genitive singular lúsar, plural lýs)

  1. louse

Declension

Declension of lús
f16 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lús lúsin lýs lýsnar
accusative lús lúsina lýs lýsnar
dative lús lúsini lúsum lúsunum, lýsnum
genitive lúsar lúsarinnar lúsa lúsanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

Noun

lús f (genitive singular lúsar, nominative plural lýs)

  1. louse
  2. stingy or miserly person
  3. (computing) bug
    Synonym: böggur

Declension

    Declension of lús
f-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lús lúsin lýs lýsnar
accusative lús lúsina lýs lýsnar
dative lús lúsinni lúsum lúsunum
genitive lúsar lúsarinnar lúsa lúsanna

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūs. Compare Old English lūs, Old High German lūs.

Noun

lús f (genitive lúsar, plural lýss)

  1. louse

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: lús
  • Faroese: lús
  • Norn: lus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lus
  • Old Swedish: lūs
  • Danish: lus

West Frisian

Noun

lús c (plural luzen, diminutive lúske)

  1. Alternative form of lûs