bygg
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse bygg, from Proto-Germanic *bewwą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbygg n (genitive singular bygs, uncountable)
Declension
editn9s | Singular | |
Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bygg | byggið |
Accusative | bygg | byggið |
Dative | byggi | bygginum |
Genitive | bygs | bygsins |
Icelandic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbygg n (genitive singular byggs, no plural)
Declension
editDeclension of bygg | ||
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n-s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bygg | byggið |
accusative | bygg | byggið |
dative | byggi | bygginu |
genitive | byggs | byggsins |
Derived terms
editVerb
editbygg
- imperative of byggja
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbygg n (definite singular bygget, uncountable)
bygg m (definite singular byggen, uncountable)
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse byggja, via the verb bygge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbygg n (definite singular bygget, indefinite plural bygg, definite plural bygga or byggene)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editVerb
editbygg
- imperative of bygge
References
edit- “bygg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editbygg n (definite singular bygget, uncountable)
bygg m (definite singular byggen, uncountable)
Etymology 2
editFrom the verb bygge.
Noun
editbygg n (definite singular bygget, indefinite plural bygg, definite plural bygga)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editVerb
editbygg
- imperative of byggja and bygga
References
edit- “bygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Norse *ᛒᛖᚷᚹᚨ (*begwa /beggwa/), from Proto-Germanic *bewwą. Cognate with Old English bēow, Old Saxon beo, Old Frisian be.
Noun
editbygg n
Derived terms
edit- Byggvir (“one of Freyr's servants”)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: bygg n
- Faroese: bygg n
- Norwegian: m
- Old Swedish: biug, biugh
- Old Danish: biug n
- Danish: byg c
- → Middle English: big, byg, byge
References
edit- “bygg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bygg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editbygg
- imperative of bygga
Etymology 2
editBack-formation from bygg- och anläggningsprogrammet.
Noun
editbygg n
- (school slang) Short for bygg- och anläggningsprogrammet.
- Jag går bygg.
- I study at the construction programme
- (literally, “I go construction.”)
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
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- fo:Grains
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
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- is:Grains
- is:Hordeeae tribe grasses
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Norse
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Norse
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- non:Grains
- non:Plants
- Swedish non-lemma forms
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