gaupa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gaupa. Cognate with Faroese geypa (“lynx”) and Norwegian gaupe (“lynx”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkøyːpa/
    Rhymes: -øyːpa

Noun

gaupa f (genitive singular gaupu, nominative plural gaupur)

  1. lynx

Declension
declension of gaupa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gaupa gaupan gaupur gaupurnar
accusative gaupu gaupuna gaupur gaupurnar
dative gaupu gaupunni gaupum gaupunum
genitive gaupu gaupunnar gaupa/gaupna gaupanna/gaupnanna

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

gaupa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of gaupe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gaupa f

  1. definite singular of gaupe

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

gaupa f

  1. a lynx (an animal of the species Lynx lynx)

Derived terms
  • hergaupa

Descendants
  • Icelandic: gaupa
  • Faroese: geypa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gaupe, gaupa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gaupe
  • Jamtish: goupe
  • Swedish: göpa, göpe

See also

References
  • “gaupa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "gaupa" on page 161 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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