From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Babungo Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.
ugla f (genitive singular uglu, plural uglur)
| Declension of ugla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ugla | uglan | uglur | uglurnar |
| accusative | uglu | ugluna | uglur | uglurnar |
| dative | uglu | ugluni | uglum | uglunum |
| genitive | uglu | uglunnar | ugla | uglanna |
From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.
ugla f (genitive singular uglu, nominative plural uglur)
| Declension of ugla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ugla | uglan | uglur | uglurnar |
| accusative | uglu | ugluna | uglur | uglurnar |
| dative | uglu | uglunni | uglum | uglunum |
| genitive | uglu | uglunnar | ugla/uglna | uglanna/uglnanna |
ugla f sg
ugla f sg
ugla (Cyrillic spelling угла)