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fluga

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fluga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)

  1. fly (insect)
  2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)

Declension

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Declension of fluga
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fluga flugan flugur flugurnar
accusative flugu fluguna flugur flugurnar
dative flugu fluguni flugum flugunum
genitive flugu flugunnar fluga fluganna

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflʏːɣa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fluga.

Noun

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fluga f (genitive singular flugu, nominative plural flugur)

  1. fly (insect)
  2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)
  3. (badminton) a shuttlecock (a lightweight object used as a ball)
Declension
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    Declension of fluga
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fluga flugan flugur flugurnar
accusative flugu fluguna flugur flugurnar
dative flugu flugunni flugum flugunum
genitive flugu flugunnar flugna flugnanna
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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fluga n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of flug

Etymology 3

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Noun

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fluga m

  1. indefinite genitive plural of flugur

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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fluga f (definite singular fluga, indefinite plural fluger or flugor, definite plural flugene or flugone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of fluge
  2. definite singular of fluge

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Noun

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fluga f

  1. fly (insect)
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Descendants

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References

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  • “fluga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

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en fluga (husfluga (“housefly”)) (sense 1)
 
flugor (sense 2)
 
en fluga (sense 3)

Etymology

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From Old Swedish flugha, from Old Norse fluga (“fly”), from Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fluga c

  2. a fly (insect)
    Flyg, fula fluga, flyg! Och den fula flugan flög. [a tongue twister]
    Fly [imperative of flyga], ugly fly, fly! And the ugly fly flew.
  4. (fishing) a fly (lure resembling an insect)
  6. a bowtie
  8. a fad, a craze (phenomenon that becomes popular for a short time)

Usage notes

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Not necessarily as negative sounding as fad in (sense 4) (though it sounds the same in "Det är bara en fluga" (It's just a fad) and the like). Craze is often closer in tone, leaning more tongue-in-cheek or the like.

Declension

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Declension of fluga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fluga flugas
definite flugan flugans
plural indefinite flugor flugors
definite flugorna flugornas

Derived terms

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