fluga

Albanian

Noun

fluga

1. inflection of flugë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fluga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfluːa/
• Rhymes: -uːa

Noun

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)

1. fly (insect)
2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)

Declension

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

• búfluga
• býfluga
• døgnfluga
• húsfluga
• køstafluga
• lokkafluga
• samdøgursfluga

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflʏːɣa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fluga.

Noun

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

Declension of fluga (feminine)

	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

Derived terms

• dægurfluga
• fá flugu í hausinn
• flugnaspaði
• hrossafluga
• húsfluga
• moskítófluga
• mýfluga
• sviffluga

Etymology 2

Noun

fluga n

1. indefinite genitive plural of flug

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Noun

fluga f

1. fly (insect)

Related terms

• *fljúga

Descendants

• Icelandic: fluga
• Faroese: fluga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fluga, fluge, flugu
• Elfdalian: flugu, flugå
• Old Swedish: flugha
  • Swedish: fluga
• Old Danish: flughæ
  • Danish: flue
    • Norwegian Bokmål: flue
• Gutnish: fluge, flugå

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fluga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

en fluga (husfluga (“housefly”)) (sense 1)

flugor (sense 2)

en fluga (sense 3)

Etymology

From Old Swedish flugha, from Old Norse fluga (“fly”), from Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²flʉːɡa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fluga c

2. 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.

4. (fishing) a fly (lure resembling an insect)
6. a bowtie
8. a fad, a craze (phenomenon that becomes popular for a short time)

Usage notes

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

Declension of fluga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fluga	flugas
	definite	flugan	flugans
plural	indefinite	flugor	flugors
	definite	flugorna	flugornas

Derived terms

• fluga på väggen
• flugfiske
• fluglort
• flugor i trumpeten
• flugskit
• flugsmälla
• husfluga
• inte göra en fluga förnär

See also

• dagslända

References

• “fluga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “fluga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “fluga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)