dúfa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Faroese dúgva, Danish due, Norwegian Bokmål due, Swedish duva, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːva/
• Rhymes: -uːva

Noun

dúfa f (genitive singular dúfu, nominative plural dúfur)

1. dove, pigeon

Derived terms

• flökkudúfa

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

Noun

dúfa f (genitive dúfu, plural dúfur)

1. dove, pigeon

Declension

  Declension of dúfa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dúfa	dúfan	dúfur	dúfurnar
accusative	dúfu	dúfuna	dúfur	dúfurnar
dative	dúfu	dúfunni	dúfum	dúfunum
genitive	dúfu	dúfunnar	dúfna	dúfnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: dúfa
• Faroese: dúgva, dúva
• Norwegian Nynorsk: duva, duve, due
• Swedish: duva
• Danish: due
  • Norwegian Bokmål: due

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *dūbaną.

Verb

dúfa

1. to dive

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: duve