lirfa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪrva/
• Rhymes: -ɪrva

Noun

lirfa f (genitive singular lirfu, nominative plural lirfur)

1. larva, caterpillar

Declension

Declension of lirfa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lirfa	lirfan	lirfur	lirfurnar
accusative	lirfu	lirfuna	lirfur	lirfurnar
dative	lirfu	lirfunni	lirfum	lirfunum
genitive	lirfu	lirfunnar	lirfa, lirfna	lirfanna, lirfnanna

Derived terms

• bandormslirfa (“cysticercus, bladder worm, measle”)
• fiðrildislirfuhúðbólga (“caterpillar dermatitis”)
• flatormalirfa (“miracidium”)
• lirfu- (“larval”)
• lirfueyðir (“larvicide”)
• lirfugleypir (“ruffe, pope”)
• lirfuskeiðslenging (“neoteny, neotaenia”)
• lirfuskeiðstímgun (“pedogenesis, paedogenesis”)
• lirfustig agða (“redia”)
• lirfuvatnsmygla (“Saprolegnia ferax”)