papegoja

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Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Old French papegai, from Spanish papagayo, likely from Arabic ببغاء. Compare Danish papegøje, German Papagei, English popinjay.

Noun

papegoja c

  1. a parrot (bird from the order Psittaciformes)
    Synonym: (colloquial) goja

Declension

Declension of papegoja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative papegoja papegojan papegojor papegojorna
Genitive papegojas papegojans papegojors papegojornas

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