skúgvur

Faroese

FWOTD – 8 May 2014

Alternative forms

• skúvur m

Etymology

From Old Norse skúfr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɪkvʊɹ/

Noun

skúgvur m (genitive singular skúvs, plural skúgvar)

1. great skua (Stercorarius skua, a seabird of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway and Scotland)
2. tuft
3. the pyloric caeca of fish

Usage notes

This term was exported before the onset of Faroese skerping, which produced the change: skúvur > skúgvur.

Declension

m40	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skúgvur	skúgvurin	skúgvar	skúgvarnir
Accusative	skúgv	skúgvin	skúgvar	skúgvarnar
Dative	skúgvi	skúgvinum	skúgvum	skúgvunum
Genitive	skúvs	skúvsins	skúgva	skúgvanna

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ску́а f (skúa)
• → English: skua
  • → Welsh: sgiwen f
• → French: skua m
• → German: Skua f
• → Portuguese: escua, skua
• → Russian: ску́а f (skúa)
• → Carpathian Rusyn: ску́а f (skúa)
• → Spanish: skúa m

References

• “skúgvur” in G. V. C. Young, Cynthia R. Clewer, Føroysk-Ensk Orðabók / Faroese-English Dictionary (1985).