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’, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʊkla/
  • Rhymes: -ʊkla

Noun

ugla f (genitive singular uglu, plural uglur)

  1. owl

Declension
Declension of ugla
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

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
    Homophones: Ugla

Noun

ugla f (genitive singular uglu, nominative plural uglur)

  1. owl

Declension
declension of ugla
f-w1 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

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

ugla m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of ugle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ugla f

  1. definite singular of ugle
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