rjúpa
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See also: rjupa
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rjúpa f (genitive singular rjúpu, nominative plural rjúpur)
- rock ptarmigan, (UK) ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
Declension
Derived terms
- rjúpnalauf (“Dryas octopetala, mountain avens, eightpetal mountain-avens”)
- rjúpnalaufsbendill (“Marasmius epidryas”)
- rjúpnalaufsflikra (“Isothea rhytismoides”)
- rjúpnalaufshnefla (“Russula saliceticola”)
- rjúpnalaufsskildingur (“Stomiopeltis dryadis”)
- rjúpnaskytta
- rjúpnaveiði
- rjúpuber (“black bearberry, alpine bearberry, alpine currant, ptarmigan berry”)
- rjúpulilja (“Fritillaria cirrhosa, Sichuan fritillary”)
- rjúpustör (“Carex lachenalii, alpine hare sedge, hare's-foot sedge, twotipped sedge”)
Old Norse
Etymology
Related to Proto-Slavic *arębъ (“partridge”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
rjúpa