pappageykur

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish papegøje, from Middle Low German papegoie, papagoie, from Old French papagai, or from Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic ⁧بَبَغَاء⁩ (babaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰaʰpːaˌt͡ʃɛiːkʊɹ]

Noun

pappageykur m (genitive singular pappageyks, plural pappageykar)

  1. parrot (Psittaciformes)
    Pappageykur er fuglur, sum dugir væl at herma eftir fólki - A parrot is a bird which is good at imitating people.

Declension
Declension of pappageykur
m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pappageykur pappageykurin pappageykar pappageykarnir
accusative pappageyk pappageykin pappageykar pappageykarnar
dative pappageyki pappageykinum pappageykum pappageykunum
genitive pappageyks pappageyksins pappageyka pappageykanna

Synonyms
  • pávageykur
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