kýrauga

Icelandic

Etymology

From kýr (“cow”) +‎ auga (“eye”), compare Danish koøje.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈcʰiːrˌøyːɣa/

Noun

kýrauga n (genitive singular kýrauga, nominative plural kýraugu)

porthole (circular window set in the hull of a ship)

Declension

declension of kýrauga

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-w	singular		plural
nominative	kýrauga	kýraugað	kýraugu	kýraugun
accusative	kýrauga	kýraugað	kýraugu	kýraugun
dative	kýrauga	kýrauganu	kýraugum	kýraugunum
genitive	kýrauga	kýraugans	kýraugna	kýraugnanna

Further reading

kýrauga on Kata
Icelandic Web of Science: Af hverju kallast gluggi á skipi kýrauga? (“Why is a ship's window called a kýrauga?”)

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