Faroese

Noun

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)

1. fly (insect)
2. (fishing) fly

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflʏːɣa/ ()

  Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fluga.

Noun

fluga f ‎(genitive singular flugu, nominative plural flugur)

1. fly (insect)
2. (fishing) fly

Declension

Derived terms

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

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

1. definite singular of fluge

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Noun

fluga f

1. fly (insect)

Descendants

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

fluga c

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

Declension

See also

• inte göra en fluga förnär