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fluga

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Albanian

Noun

fluga

  1. inflection of flugë:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fluga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfluːa/
  • Rhymes: -uːa

Noun

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)

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

Declension

More information f1, singular ...

Derived terms

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fluga.

Noun

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
More information singular, plural ...
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

fluga n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of flug
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Noun

fluga f

  1. fly (insect)
  • *fljúga

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fluga
  • Faroese: fluga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fluga, fluge, flugu
  • Elfdalian: flugu, flugå
  • Old Swedish: flugha
  • Old Danish: flughæ
  • Gutnish: fluge, flugå

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fluga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

More information nominative, genitive ...

Derived terms

See also

References

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