lús

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lús f (genitive singular lúsar, plural lýs)

  1. louse

Declension

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Declension of lús
f16 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lús lúsin lýs lýsnar
accusative lús lúsina lýs lýsnar
dative lús lúsini lúsum lúsunum, lýsnum
genitive lúsar lúsarinnar lúsa lúsanna

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lús f (genitive singular lúsar, nominative plural lýs)

  1. louse
  2. stingy or miserly person
  3. (computing) bug
    Synonym: böggur

Declension

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    Declension of lús
f-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lús lúsin lýs lýsnar
accusative lús lúsina lýs lýsnar
dative lús lúsinni lúsum lúsunum
genitive lúsar lúsarinnar lúsa lúsanna

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *lūs. Compare Old English lūs, Old High German lūs.

Noun

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lús f (genitive lúsar, plural lýss)

  1. louse

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lús
  • Faroese: lús
  • Norn: lus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lus
  • Old Swedish: lūs
  • Danish: lus

West Frisian

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Noun

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lús c (plural luzen, diminutive lúske)

  1. Alternative form of lûs