Faroese

Alternative forms

• skúvur m

Noun

skúgvur m (genitive singular skúvs, plural skúgvar)

1. great skua (Stercorarius skua, a seabird of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway and Scotland)
2. tuft
3. the pyloric caeca of fish

Declension

Descendants

• Bulgarian: скуа f ‎(skua)
• English: skua
  • Welsh: sgiwen
• German: Skua
• Portuguese: escua, skua
• Rusyn: скуа f ‎(skua)
• Spanish: skúa m

Usage notes

This term was exported before the onset of Faroese skerping, which produced the change: skúvur > skúgvur.

References

• “skúgvur” in G. V. C. Young, Cynthia R. Clewer, Føroysk-Ensk Orðabók / Faroese-English Dictionary (1985).