Faroese

Noun

ugla f (genitive singular uglu, plural uglur)

1. owl

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ugla ‎(“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏkla/
• Rhymes: -ʏkla

  Homophones: Ugla

Noun

ugla f ‎(genitive singular uglu, nominative plural uglur)

1. owl

Declension

Derived terms

• snæugla

Anagrams

• laug

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• uglen

Noun

ugla m, f

1. definite feminine singular of ugle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ugla f

1. definite singular of ugle