staðfugl
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]staðfugl m (genitive singular staðfugls, nominative plural staðfuglar)
- resident bird (a bird that stays all year in the same places)
- Antonym: farfugl
- Gæti ég flogið væri ég staðfugl, og myndi þá dreyma um að vera tré. ― If I could fly, I would be a resident bird, and then I would dream of being a tree.
Declension
[edit]Declension of staðfugl (masculine, based on fugl)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | staðfugl | staðfuglinn | staðfuglar | staðfuglarnir |
| accusative | staðfugl | staðfuglinn | staðfugla | staðfuglana |
| dative | staðfugli | staðfuglinum | staðfuglum | staðfuglunum |
| genitive | staðfugls | staðfuglsins | staðfugla | staðfuglanna |
References
[edit]- “staðfugl” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)