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borg

See also: BORG, Borg, bôrg, and borġ

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ

Etymology 1Edit

Clipping of cyborg. Contraction of cybernetic organism.

NounEdit

borg (plural borgs)

  1. Synonym of cyborg
    • 2003, Dalos Gaymer, “Gotcha Force Review for GameCube”, GameFAQs:
      You'll also have to put together a team or Force of borgs that you won from winning battles. Before battle you assemble your Force within the GF Energy Limit. Each borg has a cost attached to them and this GF Energy Limit is kind of like your budget.

VerbEdit

borg (third-person singular simple present borgs, present participle borging, simple past and past participle borged)

  1. Alternative spelling of Borg

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

borg (plural borgs)

  1. Alternative form of BORG

AnagramsEdit

CimbrianEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

borg m

  1. (Sette Comuni) furrow (trench cut in soil)

ReferencesEdit

  • “borg” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), cognate with German Burg (“castle”) and English borough. The Germanic noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”), which is also the source of Danish bjerg (“mountain”).

NounEdit

borg c (singular definite borgen, plural indefinite borge)

  1. castle, stronghold
InflectionEdit
Declension of borg
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative borg borgen borge borgene
genitive borgs borgens borges borgenes
Further readingEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (“credit”).

NounEdit

borg c

  1. (dated) credit
    På borg. ― On credit.

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

borg

  1. imperative of borge (“to guarantee, vouch for”)

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch borge, ultimately from the root of the verb bergen (“to protect, safeguard”).

NounEdit

borg m (plural borgen)

  1. surety, bail
    Synonyms: borgtocht, cautie
  2. guarantor
  3. deposit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Negerhollands: borg
  • → Indonesian: boreh
  • → Papiamentu: bòrg, borg, borg
  • → Sranan Tongo: borgu

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

borg

  1. singular past indicative of bergen
  2. first-person singular present indicative of borgen
  3. imperative of borgen

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Related to berg (“mountain”), bjørg (“mountain side”).

NounEdit

borg f (genitive singular borgar, plural borgir)

  1. castle, stronghold
DeclensionEdit
Declension of borg
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative borg borgin borgir borgirnar
accusative borg borgina borgir borgirnar
dative borg borgini borgum borgunum
genitive borgar borgarinnar borga borganna

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Danish borg, from Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (“credit”).

NounEdit

borg n (genitive singular borgs, uncountable)

  1. bail
  2. (dated) credit
    At keypa upp á borg.
    To buy on credit.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of borg (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative borg borgið
accusative borg borgið
dative borgi borginum
genitive borgs borgsins
SynonymsEdit

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Related to berg, bjarg (“rock, cliff”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

borg f (genitive singular borgar, nominative plural borgir)

  1. city
  2. castle
  3. a rocky hill (with cliffs)

DeclensionEdit

declension of borg
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative borg borgin borgir borgirnar
accusative borg borgina borgir borgirnar
dative borg borginni borgum borgunum
genitive borgar borgarinnar borga borganna

Derived termsEdit

IrishEdit

NounEdit

borg m (genitive singular boirg, nominative plural boirg)

  1. Alternative form of buirg (“borough”)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of borg

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative borg boirg
Vocative a bhoirg a bhorga
Genitive boirg borg
Dative borg boirg

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an borg na boirg
Genitive an bhoirg na mborg
Dative leis an mborg

don bhorg

leis na boirg

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
borg bhorg mborg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Danish borg, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

NounEdit

borg m or f (definite singular borga or borgen, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

  1. a castle (fortified building)

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

NounEdit

borg f (definite singular borga, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

  1. a castle

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to the verb borgian (“to borrow”), which see.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

borg m

  1. pledge

DeclensionEdit

Declension of borg (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative borg borgas
accusative borg borgas
genitive borges borga
dative borge borgum

Related termsEdit

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).

NounEdit

borg f (genitive borgar, plural borgir)

  1. A city, town (often fortified)
  2. A castle
  3. Any fortified place

DeclensionEdit

  Declension of borg (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative borg borgin borgir borgirnar
accusative borg borgina borgir borgirnar
dative borgu borgunni borgum borgunum
genitive borgar borgarinnar borga borganna

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “borg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Swedish borgh (“fortress, city”), from Old Norse borg (also "bulwark", "wall'), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Akin to English borough, burgh, Old Irish bri (hence the name Birgitta).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

borg c

  1. a fortified castle (or city)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of borg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative borg borgen borgar borgarna
Genitive borgs borgens borgars borgarnas
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Unadapted borrowing from English, from cyborg.

NounEdit

borg c

  1. a borg
DeclensionEdit
Declension of borg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative borg borgen borger borgerna
Genitive borgs borgens borgers borgernas
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