fluga

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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

Derived terms

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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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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
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

  1. 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.
  2. (fishing) a fly (lure resembling an insect)
  3. a bowtie
  4. 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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fluga flugan flugor flugorna
Genitive flugas flugans flugors flugornas

Derived terms

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