ugla

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Babungo Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊkla/
• Rhymes: -ʊkla

Noun

ugla f (genitive singular uglu, plural uglur)

1. owl

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ugla	uglan	uglur	uglurnar
accusative	uglu	ugluna	uglur	uglurnar
dative	uglu	ugluni	uglum	uglunum
genitive	uglu	uglunnar	ugla	uglanna

Hyponyms

• hjartaugla
• kattugla
• snjóugla

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏkla/
• Rhymes: -ʏkla

  Homophone: Ugla

Noun

ugla f (genitive singular uglu, nominative plural uglur)

1. owl

Declension

Declension of ugla (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ugla	uglan	uglur	uglurnar
accusative	uglu	ugluna	uglur	uglurnar
dative	uglu	uglunni	uglum	uglunum
genitive	uglu	uglunnar	ugla, uglna	uglanna, uglnanna

Derived terms

• snæugla (“snowy owl”)

Anagrams

• laug

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• uglen m sg

Noun

ugla f sg

1. definite feminine singular of ugle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ugla f sg

1. definite feminine singular of ugle

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ugla (Cyrillic spelling угла)

1. genitive singular of ugao