pappageykur
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Danish papegøje, from Middle Low German papegoie, papagoie, from Old French papagai, or from Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَغَاء (babaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pappageykur m (genitive singular pappageyks, plural pappageykar)
- parrot (Psittaciformes)
- Pappageykur er fuglur, sum dugir væl at herma eftir fólki - A parrot is a bird which is good at imitating people.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of pappageykur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pappageykur | pappageykurin | pappageykar | pappageykarnir |
| accusative | pappageyk | pappageykin | pappageykar | pappageykarnar |
| dative | pappageyki | pappageykinum | pappageykum | pappageykunum |
| genitive | pappageyks | pappageyksins | pappageyka | pappageykanna |
Synonyms[edit]
Categories:
- Faroese terms derived from Danish
- Faroese terms derived from Middle Low German
- Faroese terms derived from Old French
- Faroese terms derived from Spanish
- Faroese terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Faroese terms derived from Arabic
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- fo:Birds