hjúpa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *heupōn (compare Dutch joop, German Hiefe, dialectal Norwegian hjúpa (briar)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (briar, thorn) (compare Old Prussian kaāubri 'thorn', Lithuanian kaubrė̃ 'heap').

Hjúpur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰʉuːpa/
    Rhymes: -ʉuːpa

Noun

hjúpa f (genitive singular hjúpu, plural hjúpur)

  1. hip (fruit of a rose)

Declension

Declension of hjúpa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjúpa hjúpan hjúpur hjúpurnar
accusative hjúpu hjúpuna hjúpur hjúpurnar
dative hjúpu hjúpuni hjúpum hjúpunum
genitive hjúpu hjúpunnar hjúpa hjúpanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈçuːpa/
    Rhymes: -uːpa

Etymology 1

From hjúpur (coating).

Verb

hjúpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hjúpaði, supine hjúpað)

  1. to coat (cover with a layer of coating)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

hjúpa

  1. indefinite accusative plural of hjúpur
  2. indefinite genitive plural of hjúpur
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