fluga

== Albanian == === Noun === fluga inflection of flugë: definite nominative singular indefinite nominative/accusative plural == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse fluga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfluːa/ Rhymes: -uːa === Noun === fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur) fly (insect) (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflʏːɣa/ Rhymes: -ʏːɣa === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse fluga. ==== Noun ==== fluga f (genitive singular flugu, nominative plural flugur) fly (insect) (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect) (badminton) a shuttlecock (a lightweight object used as a ball) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== fluga n indefinite genitive plural of flug == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === fluga f (definite singular fluga, indefinite plural fluger or flugor, definite plural flugene or flugone) (pre-2012) alternative form of fluge definite singular of fluge == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ. === Noun === fluga f fly (insect) ==== Related terms ==== *fljúga ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fluga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish flugha, from Old Norse fluga (“fly”), from Proto-Germanic *flugǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²flʉːɡa/ === Noun === fluga c a fly (insect) (fishing) a fly (lure resembling an insect) a bowtie 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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)