rygg
Jamtish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hryggr (“back, spine, ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with Swedish rygg, Icelandic hryggur, English ridge.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rygg m
Declension edit
Declension of rygg (strong long i-stem)
Derived terms edit
- ryggjerfługa (“back pain”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
rygg m (definite singular ryggen, indefinite plural rygger, definite plural ryggene)
- (anatomy) back (of a person or animal)
- (furniture) back (of a chair etc.)
- (geography) ridge (of a hill or mountain)
- (meteorology) ridge (of high pressure)
- spine (of a book)
- (swimming) backstroke (short form of ryggsvømming)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
rygg
- imperative of rygge
References edit
- “rygg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
rygg m (definite singular ryggen, indefinite plural rygger or ryggar, definite plural ryggene or ryggane)
- (anatomy) back (of a person or animal)
- (furniture) back (of a chair etc.)
- (geography) ridge (of a hill or mountain)
- spine (of a book)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
rygg
- imperative of rygge
References edit
- “rygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish rygger, from Old Norse hryggr, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rygg c
- (anatomy) back; the rear of the body; especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine
- (geography) ridge; the line along which two sloping surfaces meet
- (military) rear
- spine; the hinged back of a book
Declension edit
| Declension of rygg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | rygg | ryggen | ryggar | ryggarna |
| Genitive | ryggs | ryggens | ryggars | ryggarnas |
Hypernyms edit
Derived terms edit
- bergsrygg
- binda ris för egen rygg
- bokrygg
- fjällrygg
- handrygg
- hästrygg
- högtrycksrygg
- inte röra någon i ryggen
- kamelrygg
- klotrygg
- knivrygg
- knivsrygg
- korsrygg
- krokrygg
- kutrygg
- landrygg
- ländrygg
- lösrygg
- näsrygg
- puckelrygg
- på rygg
- ryggbiff
- ryggdunkare
- ryggfena
- ryggkota
- ryggläge
- ryggmuskel
- ryggmärg
- ryggrad
- ryggsim
- ryggskott
- ryggstöd
- ryggtavla
- ryggtitel
- ryggvärk
- ryggås
- råg i ryggen
- sjurygg
- stolsrygg
- svankrygg
- svinrygg
- torskrygg
- tungrygg
- vitrygg
- ynkrygg
- åsrygg
Further reading edit
- rygg in Svensk ordbok.
- rygg in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
- rygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)