dug
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
dug
- simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)
Etymology 2 edit
From earlier dugge ("pap, teat"; compare also English dialectal ducky, dukky (“the female breast”)), apparently connected to Danish dægge (“to suckle”), Swedish dägga (“to suck”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”). More at doe. Compare doug
Noun edit
dug (plural dugs)
- (chiefly in the plural) A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- He did comply with his dug before he sucked it.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
- First Pig.
I suck, but no milk will come from the dug.
Translations edit
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse dǫgg (“dew”), from Proto-Germanic *dawwō, *dawwaz (“dew”), cognate with Swedish dagg, English dew, German Tau (“dew”), Dutch dauw.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dug c (singular definite duggen, not used in plural form)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | dug | duggen |
genitive | dugs | duggens |
References edit
- “dug,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German dūk, dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz, cognate with German Tuch, Dutch doek (Old Norse dúkr is also borrowed from Low German).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dug c (singular definite dugen, plural indefinite duge)
- tablecloth (a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table)
- a piece of canvas or cloth
- a piece of bunting (material from which flags are made)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “dug,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uralic *tuŋke-. Cognate with Finnish tunkea, Erzya [script needed] (tongoms).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dug
- (transitive) to stick, tuck, insert, push in (into something: -ba/-be)
- Synonym: illeszt
- (transitive) to hide, conceal (into some place: lative suffixes)
- Synonym: (literary) rejt
- (transitive, intransitive, informal) to have sex
Conjugation edit
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | dugok | dugsz | dug | dugunk | dugtok | dugnak | |
Def. | dugom | dugod | dugja | dugjuk | dugjátok | dugják | |||
2nd-p. o. | duglak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | dugtam | dugtál | dugott | dugtunk | dugtatok | dugtak | ||
Def. | dugtam | dugtad | dugta | dugtuk | dugtátok | dugták | |||
2nd-p. o. | dugtalak | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. dugni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | dugék | dugál | duga | dugánk | dugátok | dugának | ||
Def. | dugám | dugád | dugá | dugánk | dugátok | dugák | |||
2nd-p. o. | dugálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. dug vala, dugott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | dugandok | dugandasz | dugand | dugandunk | dugandotok | dugandanak | ||
Def. | dugandom | dugandod | dugandja | dugandjuk | dugandjátok | dugandják | |||
2nd-p. o. | dugandalak | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | dugnék | dugnál | dugna | dugnánk | dugnátok | dugnának | |
Def. | dugnám | dugnád | dugná | dugnánk (or dugnók) |
dugnátok | dugnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | dugnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. dugott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | dugjak | dugj or dugjál |
dugjon | dugjunk | dugjatok | dugjanak | |
Def. | dugjam | dugd or dugjad |
dugja | dugjuk | dugjátok | dugják | |||
2nd-p. o. | dugjalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. dugott légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | dugni | dugnom | dugnod | dugnia | dugnunk | dugnotok | dugniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
dugás | dugó | dugott | dugandó | dugva (dugván) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | dughatok | dughatsz | dughat | dughatunk | dughattok | dughatnak | |
Def. | dughatom | dughatod | dughatja | dughatjuk | dughatjátok | dughatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | dughatlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | dughattam | dughattál | dughatott | dughattunk | dughattatok | dughattak | ||
Def. | dughattam | dughattad | dughatta | dughattuk | dughattátok | dughatták | |||
2nd-p. o. | dughattalak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | dughaték | dughatál | dughata | dughatánk | dughatátok | dughatának | ||
Def. | dughatám | dughatád | dughatá | dughatánk | dughatátok | dughaták | |||
2nd-p. o. | dughatálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. dughat vala, dughatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | dughatandok or dugandhatok |
dughatandasz or dugandhatsz |
dughatand or dugandhat |
dughatandunk or dugandhatunk |
dughatandotok or dugandhattok |
dughatandanak or dugandhatnak | ||
Def. | dughatandom or dugandhatom |
dughatandod or dugandhatod |
dughatandja or dugandhatja |
dughatandjuk or dugandhatjuk |
dughatandjátok or dugandhatjátok |
dughatandják or dugandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | dughatandalak or dugandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | dughatnék | dughatnál | dughatna | dughatnánk | dughatnátok | dughatnának | |
Def. | dughatnám | dughatnád | dughatná | dughatnánk (or dughatnók) |
dughatnátok | dughatnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | dughatnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. dughatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | dughassak | dughass or dughassál |
dughasson | dughassunk | dughassatok | dughassanak | |
Def. | dughassam | dughasd or dughassad |
dughassa | dughassuk | dughassátok | dughassák | |||
2nd-p. o. | dughassalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. dughatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (dughatni) | (dughatnom) | (dughatnod) | (dughatnia) | (dughatnunk) | (dughatnotok) | (dughatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | dugható | Neg. adj. | dughatatlan | Adv. part. | (dughatva / dughatván) | ||||
Derived terms edit
(With verbal prefixes):
Further reading edit
- dug in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- dug in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Middle English edit
Noun edit
dug
- (rare, Early Middle English) Alternative form of duk (“duke”)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
dug
- imperative of duga
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
- duggie (diminutive)
Etymology edit
From Old English docga (“hound, powerful breed of dog”). Cognate with English dog.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dug (plural dugs)
Verb edit
dug (third-person singular simple present dugs, present participle duggin, simple past duggit, past participle duggit)
- To stand up to; to outlast.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъlgъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dȗg m (Cyrillic spelling ду̑г)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьlgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dílˀgas. Cognate with Czech dlouhý.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dȕg (definite dȕgī, comparative dȕžī, Cyrillic spelling ду̏г)
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | dug | duga | dugo | |
genitive | duga | duge | duga | |
dative | dugu | dugoj | dugu | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
dug duga |
dugu | dugo |
vocative | dug | duga | dugo | |
locative | dugu | dugoj | dugu | |
instrumental | dugim | dugom | dugim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | dugi | duge | duga | |
genitive | dugih | dugih | dugih | |
dative | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | |
accusative | duge | duge | duga | |
vocative | dugi | duge | duga | |
locative | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | |
instrumental | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | dugim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | dugi | duga | dugo | |
genitive | dugog(a) | duge | dugog(a) | |
dative | dugom(u/e) | dugoj | dugom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
dugi dugog(a) |
dugu | dugo |
vocative | dugi | duga | dugo | |
locative | dugom(e/u) | dugoj | dugom(e/u) | |
instrumental | dugim | dugom | dugim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | dugi | duge | duga | |
genitive | dugih | dugih | dugih | |
dative | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | |
accusative | duge | duge | duga | |
vocative | dugi | duge | duga | |
locative | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | |
instrumental | dugim(a) | dugim(a) | dugim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | duži | duža | duže | |
genitive | dužeg(a) | duže | dužeg(a) | |
dative | dužem(u) | dužoj | dužem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
duži dužeg(a) |
dužu | duže |
vocative | duži | duža | duže | |
locative | dužem(u) | dužoj | dužem(u) | |
instrumental | dužim | dužom | dužim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | duži | duže | duža | |
genitive | dužih | dužih | dužih | |
dative | dužim(a) | dužim(a) | dužim(a) | |
accusative | duže | duže | duža | |
vocative | duži | duže | duža | |
locative | dužim(a) | dužim(a) | dužim(a) | |
instrumental | dužim(a) | dužim(a) | dužim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | najduži | najduža | najduže | |
genitive | najdužeg(a) | najduže | najdužeg(a) | |
dative | najdužem(u) | najdužoj | najdužem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
najduži najdužeg(a) |
najdužu | najduže |
vocative | najduži | najduža | najduže | |
locative | najdužem(u) | najdužoj | najdužem(u) | |
instrumental | najdužim | najdužom | najdužim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | najduži | najduže | najduža | |
genitive | najdužih | najdužih | najdužih | |
dative | najdužim(a) | najdužim(a) | najdužim(a) | |
accusative | najduže | najduže | najduža | |
vocative | najduži | najduže | najduža | |
locative | najdužim(a) | najdužim(a) | najdužim(a) | |
instrumental | najdužim(a) | najdužim(a) | najdužim(a) |
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
dug
- Romanization of 𒂁 (dug)
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ʉːɡ
Verb edit
dug
- imperative of duga
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɨːɡ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /diːɡ/
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle English duk, itself a borrowing from Old French duc, from Latin dux.
Noun edit
dug m (plural dugiaid, feminine duges)
Derived terms edit
- dugiaeth (“dukedom; duchy”)
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of dwyn (“to steal”).
Verb edit
dug
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dug | ddug | nug | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dug”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English dogge, from Old English docga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dug (plural duggès)
- dog
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 71:
- Dinna thar a dug.
- Don't vex the dog.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36