Faroese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Icelandic dúfa, Norwegian Bokmål and Danish due, Swedish duva, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dúgva f (genitive singular dúgvu, plural dúgvur)

  1. dove, pigeon

Declension

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f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dúgva dúgvan dúgvur dúgvurnar
accusative dúgvu dúgvuna dúgvur dúgvurnar
dative dúgvu dúgvuni dúgvum dúgvunum
genitive dúgvu dúgvunnar dúgva dúgvanna

Derived terms

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