fluga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fluga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfluːa/
• Rhymes: -uːa

Noun

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)

1. fly (insect)
2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)

Declension

Declension of fluga
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fluga	flugan	flugur	flugurnar
accusative	flugu	fluguna	flugur	flugurnar
dative	flugu	fluguni	flugum	flugunum
genitive	flugu	flugunnar	fluga	fluganna

Derived terms

• búfluga
• býfluga
• húsfluga
• køstafluga
• lokkafluga

 

See also

• eiturkoppur
• klukka
• liðadýr
• lús
• meyra
• skordýr
• vespa

 

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflʏːɣa/ (

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  Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fluga.

Noun

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, nominative plural flugur)

1. fly (insect)
2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)
3. (badminton) a shuttlecock (a lightweight object used as a ball)

Declension

declension of fluga

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fluga	flugan	flugur	flugurnar
accusative	flugu	fluguna	flugur	flugurnar
dative	flugu	flugunni	flugum	flugunum
genitive	flugu	flugunnar	flugna	flugnanna

Derived terms

• dægurfluga
• fá flugu í hausinn
• flugnaspaði
• hrossafluga
• húsfluga
• moskítófluga
• mýfluga
• sviffluga

 

Etymology 2

Noun

fluga n

1. indefinite genitive plural of flug

Etymology 3

Noun

fluga m

1. indefinite genitive plural of flugur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fluga f (definite singular fluga, indefinite plural fluger or flugor, definite plural flugene or flugone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of fluge
2. definite singular of fluge

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Noun

fluga f

1. fly (insect)

Related terms

• *fljúga

Descendants

• Icelandic: fluga
• Faroese: fluga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fluga, fluge, flugu
• Elfdalian: flugu
• Old Swedish: flugha
  • Swedish: fluga
• Old Danish: flughæ
  • Danish: flue
    • Norwegian Bokmål: flue
• Gutnish: fluge, flugå

References

• “fluga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish flugha, from Old Norse fluga (“fly”), from Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

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Noun

fluga c

1. a fly (insect)

   Flyg, fula fluga, flyg! Och den fula flugan flög. (tongue twister)

   Fly [verb], ugly fly, fly! And the ugly fly flew.

2. (fishing) a fly (lure resembling an insect)
3. a bowtie
4. a temporarily very popular pastime; a craze, a fad.

   Synonym: dagslända

Declension

Declension of fluga
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fluga	flugan	flugor	flugorna
Genitive	flugas	flugans	flugors	flugornas

Derived terms

• flugor i trumpeten
• inte göra en fluga förnär
• fluga på väggen
• flugfiske
• flugsmälla

References

• fluga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fluga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fluga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)