hyggja
Faroese edit
Verb edit
hyggja (third person singular past indicative hugdi, third person plural past indicative hugdu, supine hugt)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of hyggja (group v-19gg) | ||
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infinitive | hyggja | |
supine | hugt | |
participle (a7)1 | hyggjandi | hugdur |
present | past | |
first singular | hyggi | hugdi |
second singular | hyggur | hugdi |
third singular | hyggur | hugdi |
plural | hyggja | hugdu |
imperative | ||
singular | hygg! | |
plural | hyggið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse hyggja, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną.
Verb edit
hyggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hugði, supine hugað)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse hyggja, from Proto-Germanic *hugjǭ, related to hyggja (verb), hugur and hugi.
Noun edit
hyggja f (genitive singular hyggju, nominative plural hyggjur)
- (usually uncountable) thought, mind
- (uncountable) sense, wits
- (suffix) -ism, used for creating neologisms for ideologies
Declension edit
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hyggja | hyggjan | hyggjur | hyggjurnar |
accusative | hyggju | hyggjuna | hyggjur | hyggjurnar |
dative | hyggju | hyggjunni | hyggjum | hyggjunum |
genitive | hyggju | hyggjunnar | hyggja | hyggjanna |
Derived terms edit
- áhyggja
- umhyggja
- (-ism): forræðishyggja (“paternalism”), þjóðernishyggja (“nationalism”), auðvaldshyggja (“capitalism”), frjálshyggja (“liberalism”)
References edit
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hyggja (“to think”), from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (“to think, reconsider”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hyggja (present tense hyggjer, past tense hygde, supine hygd or hygt, past participle hygd, present participle hyggjande, imperative hygg)
- to make (someone) comfortable or cheerful; entertain
- to sense
- (reflexive) to have a good time, enjoy oneself
- I helga skal me berre hyggja oss
- This weekend we will simply enjoy ourselves
- Hyggja seg med god mat
- To enjoy good food
- to like
- Lat han få den som han hyggjer mest
- Let him get the one he likes the most
Noun edit
hyggja f (definite singular hyggja, indefinite plural hyggjer or hyggjor, definite plural hyggjene or hyggjone)
References edit
- “hyggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *hugjaną.
Verb edit
hyggja
- to think, believe
- hyggðu, Heiðrekr, at gátu!
- Think, Heiðrekr, on the riddle!
- to guess, ween
- (ditransitive) to intend or purpose something for one
Conjugation edit
infinitive | hyggja | |
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present participle | hyggjandi | |
past participle | hugðr, hugaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | hygg | hugða |
2nd-person singular | hyggr | hugðir |
3rd-person singular | hyggr | hugði |
1st-person plural | hyggjum | hugðum |
2nd-person plural | hyggið | hugðuð |
3rd-person plural | hyggja | hugðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | hyggja | hygða |
2nd-person singular | hyggir | hygðir |
3rd-person singular | hyggi | hygði |
1st-person plural | hyggim | hygðim |
2nd-person plural | hyggið | hygðið |
3rd-person plural | hyggi | hygði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | hygg | |
1st-person plural | hyggjum | |
2nd-person plural | hyggið |
infinitive | hyggjask | |
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present participle | hyggjandisk | |
past participle | hugzk, hugazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | hyggjumk | hugðumk |
2nd-person singular | hyggsk | hugðisk |
3rd-person singular | hyggsk | hugðisk |
1st-person plural | hyggjumsk | hugðumsk |
2nd-person plural | hyggizk | hugðuzk |
3rd-person plural | hyggjask | hugðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | hyggjumk | hygðumk |
2nd-person singular | hyggisk | hygðisk |
3rd-person singular | hyggisk | hygðisk |
1st-person plural | hyggimsk | hygðimsk |
2nd-person plural | hyggizk | hygðizk |
3rd-person plural | hyggisk | hygðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | hyggsk | |
1st-person plural | hyggjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | hyggizk |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *hugjǭ.
Noun edit
hyggja f
Declension edit
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hyggja | hyggjan | hyggjur | hyggjurnar |
accusative | hyggju | hyggjuna | hyggjur | hyggjurnar |
dative | hyggju | hyggjunni | hyggjum | hyggjunum |
genitive | hyggju | hyggjunnar | hyggna | hyggnanna |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “hyggja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press