vagga
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Answering to Faroese vagga, Norwegian vagge, Swedish vagga. Compare English wag and German wacken.
Verb edit
vagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaggaði, supine vaggað)
- (transitive, with dative) to move (something) back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
- (intransitive) to move back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
Conjugation edit
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vagga | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
vaggað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vaggandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég vagga | við vöggum | present (nútíð) |
ég vaggi | við vöggum |
þú vaggar | þið vaggið | þú vaggir | þið vaggið | ||
hann, hún, það vaggar | þeir, þær, þau vagga | hann, hún, það vaggi | þeir, þær, þau vaggi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaði | við vögguðum | past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaði | við vögguðum |
þú vaggaðir | þið vögguðuð | þú vaggaðir | þið vögguðuð | ||
hann, hún, það vaggaði | þeir, þær, þau vögguðu | hann, hún, það vaggaði | þeir, þær, þau vögguðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
vagga (þú) | vaggið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
vaggaðu | vaggiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vaggast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
vaggast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vaggandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég vaggast | við vöggumst | present (nútíð) |
ég vaggist | við vöggumst |
þú vaggast | þið vaggist | þú vaggist | þið vaggist | ||
hann, hún, það vaggast | þeir, þær, þau vaggast | hann, hún, það vaggist | þeir, þær, þau vaggist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaðist | við vögguðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaðist | við vögguðumst |
þú vaggaðist | þið vögguðust | þú vaggaðist | þið vögguðust | ||
hann, hún, það vaggaðist | þeir, þær, þau vögguðust | hann, hún, það vaggaðist | þeir, þær, þau vögguðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
vaggast (þú) | vaggist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
vaggastu | vaggisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse vagga (“cradle”), from the verb. Cognate with Faroese vøgga, Norwegian Nynorsk vogge, Swedish vagga, Danish vugge.
Noun edit
vagga f (genitive singular vöggu, nominative plural vöggur)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “vagga” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vagga (present tense vaggar, past tense vagga, past participle vagga, passive infinitive vaggast, present participle vaggande, imperative vagga/vagg)
- to waddle, to rock, to sway
- 1977, Kjartan Fløgstad, Dalen Portland:
- Den unge kvinna vaggar tungt over golvet.
- The young woman waddles heavily across the floor.
References edit
- “vagga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
vagga f (genitive vǫggu)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: vagga
- Faroese: vagga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vogge
- Norwegian Bokmål: vugge
- Swedish: vagga
- Danish: vugge
References edit
- “vagga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group”).
Noun edit
vagga m
- company
- section (e.g. of a book)
- group
- (grammar) group of consonants with a property in common, such as place of articulation
Declension edit
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vaggo | vaggā |
Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vagge |
Instrumental (third) | vaggena | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ | vaggānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vaggassa | vaggānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge | vaggesu |
Vocative (calling) | vagga | vaggā |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Sanskrit व्यग्र (vyagra).
Adjective edit
vagga
Declension edit
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vaggo | vaggā |
Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vagge |
Instrumental (third) | vaggena | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ | vaggānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vaggassa | vaggānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge | vaggesu |
Vocative (calling) | vagga | vaggā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vaggā | vaggāyo or vaggā |
Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vaggāyo or vaggā |
Instrumental (third) | vaggāya | vaggāhi or vaggābhi |
Dative (fourth) | vaggāya | vaggānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vaggāya | vaggāhi or vaggābhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vaggāya | vaggānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vaggāya or vaggāyaṃ | vaggāsu |
Vocative (calling) | vagge | vaggāyo or vaggā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vaggaṃ | vaggāni |
Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vaggāni |
Instrumental (third) | vaggena | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ | vaggānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vaggassa | vaggānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge | vaggesu |
Vocative (calling) | vagga | vaggāni |
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
vagga c
- a cradle; a bed for a baby that can be oscillating or swinging back and forth
- a cradle; the place where something has its origin
Declension edit
Declension of vagga | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vagga | vaggan | vaggor | vaggorna |
Genitive | vaggas | vaggans | vaggors | vaggornas |
Verb edit
vagga (present vaggar, preterite vaggade, supine vaggat, imperative vagga)
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | vagga | vaggas | ||
Supine | vaggat | vaggats | ||
Imperative | vagga | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | vaggen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | vaggar | vaggade | vaggas | vaggades |
Ind. plural1 | vagga | vaggade | vaggas | vaggades |
Subjunctive2 | vagge | vaggade | vagges | vaggades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | vaggande | |||
Past participle | vaggad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |