geirfuglur
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Faroese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse geirfugl, AD 1605 recorded as goirfugel.
Noun
[edit]geirfuglur m (genitive singular geirfugls, plural geirfuglar)
- great auk (Pinguinus impennis), an extinct bird, which was observed 1808 for the last time in the Faroes.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of geirfuglur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | geirfuglur | geirfuglurin | geirfuglar | geirfuglarnir |
| accusative | geirfugl | geirfuglin | geirfuglar | geirfuglarnar |
| dative | geirfugli | geirfuglinum | geirfuglum | geirfuglunum |
| genitive | geirfugls | geirfuglsins | geirfugla | geirfuglanna |