eiturkoppur
Appearance
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]eitur (“poison”) + koppur (“cup”)
Compare Norwegian edderkopp and Danish edderkop.
See also Orkney dialect word "ettercaps" (spiders)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eiturkoppur m (genitive singular eiturkops, plural eiturkoppar)
Declension
[edit]m9 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | eiturkoppur | eiturkoppurin | eiturkoppar | eiturkopparnir |
accusative | eiturkopp | eiturkoppin | eiturkoppar | eiturkopparnar |
dative | eiturkoppi | eiturkoppinum | eiturkoppum | eiturkoppunum |
genitive | eiturkops | eiturkopsins | eiturkoppa | eiturkoppanna |