vag
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
vag (plural not attested)
- (US slang, chiefly vulgar) Vagina (or, informally, vulva).
- 2012, “Ke$ha Die Young PARODY! Key of Awesome #65”, The Key of Awesome (lyrics), Ke$ha (music)[1]:
- Out the cab flash the vag / Set the women's movement back
- 2012, “My Vag”, performed by Awkwafina:
- My vag squirt aloe vera / Yo' vag look like Tony Danza
Etymology 2 edit
Abbreviation of vagrant.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)
- (transitive, slang) To arrest somebody as a vagrant.
- 2002, T. R. St. George, Clyde Strikes Back, page 250:
- But I seen on the TV it was colder'n a witch's tit here so I stayed. Stuck it out. Then I caught a freight and got vagged.
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Etymology 3 edit
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Noun edit
vag (plural vags)
- (UK, dated, dialect, Devon) Turf used as fuel.
- 1983, Eric Hemery, High Dartmoor, Land and People, →ISBN, page 91:
- Localities where vags were cut are sometimes so named: e.g. Vag(s) Hill (Row Brook, Double Dart); Vag Hill (Glaze Brook, Avon).
- 1984 October 5, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, “Course of proceedings”, in In the Matter of Gidleigh Common, Gidleigh, West Devon District, Devon[2], page 5:
- They had not driven their ponies over the Unit Land; she had probably cut a vag from the Unit Land but this was done only in the presence of witnesses to determine whether those objecting were vigilant to stop any exercise of this right, and only on one occasion.
- 1985 January 21, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, quoting Thomas Hutchings, “4 Nattadon Road/28 Meldon Road”, in In the Matter of Chagford Common, Meldon Common, Nattadon Common, Padley Common, Weekbrook Down, Week Down, Steniel Down, and Jurston Green all in Chagford, West Devon District, Devon[3], page 14:
- I first grazed ponies on Padley in 1932 and my ponies are grazing there still. I take bracken for the garden, rushes to cover my potato clam, bean sticks for the garden and I expect I am one of the few who still cut vags (peat) on common land for fuel.
Verb edit
vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)
- (UK, archaic, dialect, Devon) To drag; to trail on the ground.
- 1892, Sarah Hewett, The Peasant Speech of Devon[4], page 140:
- Düee 'old up yer frock, an' not let 'n vag along like that; tha bottom aw'n 'll be tiffled out, and covered wi' mucks.
- (UK, archaic, dialect, Devon) To bend; to give; to yield.
- (UK, dated, dialect, Devon) To flap; to blow in the wind.
- 1967, Henry Williamson, A Solitary War:
- Smoke immediately vagged about in the parlour chimney.
References edit
- Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary[5], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 335
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Danish edit
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Adjective edit
vag
Inflection edit
| Inflection of vag | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | vag | vagere | vagest2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | vagt | vagere | vagest2 |
| Plural | vage | vagere | vagest2 |
| Definite attributive1 | vage | vagere | vageste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Livonian edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Courland) va'g
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vako, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish vako.
Noun edit
vag
Declension edit
Declension of vag (72)
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | vag | vagūd |
| genitive (genitīv) | vag | vagūd |
| partitive (partitīv) | vaggõ | vagḑi |
| dative (datīv) | vaggõn | vagūdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | vagkõks | vagūdõks |
| illative (illatīv) | vaggõ | vagži |
| inessive (inesīv) | vagsõ vags |
vagši |
| elative (elatīv) | vagstõ vagst |
vagšti |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin vagus, via French vague.
Adjective edit
vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagere, indefinite superlative vagest, definite superlative vageste)
References edit
- “vag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin vagus, via French vague.
Adjective edit
vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagare, indefinite superlative vagast, definite superlative vagaste)
References edit
- “vag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French vague, Latin vagus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vag m or n (feminine singular vagă, plural vagi)
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Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From French vague, from Latin vagus (“unsteady, wandering”).
Adjective edit
vag (comparative vagare, superlative vagast)
- vague
- själens subtilaste infall, dess vagaste föreställningar, dess flyktigaste drömmar
- the soul's most subtle inventions, its vaguest conceptions, its most volatile dreams
Declension edit
| Inflection of vag | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vag | vagare | vagast |
| Neuter singular | vagt | vagare | vagast |
| Plural | vaga | vagare | vagast |
| Masculine plural3 | vage | vagare | vagast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vage | vagare | vagaste |
| All | vaga | vagare | vagaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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Related terms edit
References edit
- vag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vag in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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Noun edit
vag (nominative plural vags)