gaupa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gaupa. Cognate with Faroese geypa (“lynx”) and Norwegian gaupe (“lynx”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkøyːpa/

  Rhymes: -øyːpa

Noun

gaupa f (genitive singular gaupu, nominative plural gaupur)

1. lynx

Declension

Declension of gaupa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gaupa	gaupan	gaupur	gaupurnar
accusative	gaupu	gaupuna	gaupur	gaupurnar
dative	gaupu	gaupunni	gaupum	gaupunum
genitive	gaupu	gaupunnar	gaupna, gaupa	gaupnanna, gaupanna

Derived terms

• evrasíugaupa (Lynx lynx)
• Gaupan
• gaupuskinn
• íberíugaupa (Lynx pardinus)
• Kanadagaupa (Lynx canadensis)
• rauðgaupa (Lynx rufus)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gaupen

Noun

gaupa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of gaupe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gaupa f

1. definite singular of gaupe

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

gaupa f

1. a lynx (an animal of the species Lynx lynx)

Derived terms

• hergaupa

Descendants

• Icelandic: gaupa
• Faroese: geypa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gaupe, gaupa
• Norwegian Bokmål: gaupe
• Jamtish: goupe
• Swedish: göpa, göpe

See also

• kǫttr
• gaukr
• gaupn

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gaupa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 160; also available at the Internet Archive