gaupa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gaupa. Cognate with Faroese geypa (“lynx”) and Norwegian gaupe (“lynx”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkøyːpa/
    Rhymes: -øyːpa

Noun

gaupa f (genitive singular gaupu, nominative plural gaupur)

  1. lynx

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

gaupa m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of gaupe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gaupa f

  1. definite singular of gaupe

Old Norse

Noun

gaupa f

  1. a lynx (an animal of the species Lynx lynx)

Derived terms

  • hergaupa

Descendants

  • Jamtish: goupe
  • Swedish: göpa, göpe

See also

References

  • gaupa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "gaupa" on page 161 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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