rjúpa

See also: rjupa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rjúpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrjuːpa/

  Rhymes: -uːpa

Noun

rjúpa f (genitive singular rjúpu, nominative plural rjúpur)

1. rock ptarmigan, (UK) ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)

Derived terms

• rjúpnalauf (“Dryas octopetala, mountain avens, eightpetal mountain-avens”)
• rjúpnalaufsbendill (“Marasmius epidryas”)
• rjúpnalaufsflikra (“Isothea rhytismoides”)
• rjúpnalaufshnefla (“Russula saliceticola”)
• rjúpnalaufsskildingur (“Stomiopeltis dryadis”)
• rjúpnaskytta
• rjúpnaveiði
• rjúpuber (“black bearberry, alpine bearberry, alpine currant, ptarmigan berry”)
• rjúpulilja (“Fritillaria cirrhosa, Sichuan fritillary”)
• rjúpustör (“Carex lachenalii, alpine hare sedge, hare's-foot sedge, twotipped sedge”)

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to Proto-Slavic *arębъ (“partridge”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

rjúpa

1. ptarmigan

Descendants

• Icelandic: rjúpa
• Faroese: rýpa
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rype
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rype
  • → Danish: rype
    • → English: rype
• Jamtish: rýpe
• Swedish: ripa