rjúpa

See also: rjupa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rjúpa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrjuːpa/
Rhymes: -uːpa

Noun

rjúpa f (genitive singular rjúpu, nominative plural rjúpur)

rock ptarmigan, (UK) ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)

Declension

Declension of *rjúpa* (feminine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rjúpa	rjúpan	rjúpur	rjúpurnar
accusative	rjúpu	rjúpuna	rjúpur	rjúpurnar
dative	rjúpu	rjúpunni	rjúpum	rjúpunum
genitive	rjúpu	rjúpunnar	rjúpna	rjúpnanna

Derived terms

rjúpnalauf (“Dryas octopetala, mountain avens, eightpetal mountain-avens”)
rjúpnalaufsbendill (“Marasmius epidryas”)
rjúpnalaufsflikra (“Isothea rhytismoides”)
rjúpnalaufshnefla (“Russula saliceticola”)
rjúpnalaufsskildingur (“Stomiopeltis dryadis”)
rjúpnaskytta
rjúpnaveiði
rjúpuber (“black bearberry, alpine bearberry, alpine currant, ptarmigan berry”)
rjúpulilja (“Fritillaria cirrhosa, Sichuan fritillary”)
rjúpustör (“Carex lachenalii, alpine hare sedge, hare's-foot sedge, twotipped sedge”)

Old Norse

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“to roar, belch”), see also Latvian rubenis (“grouse”), Old English rocettan (“to burp”). Related to Proto-Slavic *arębъ (“partridge”).

Noun

rjúpa

ptarmigan

Descendants

Icelandic: rjúpa
Faroese: rýpa
Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: rype
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rype
- → Danish: rype
  - → English: rype
Jamtish: rýpe
Swedish: ripa

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “reu-g”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 871-72