See also: vig

Hungarian

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Etymology

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The root is of unknown origin and it may be a cognate of vidul (to brighten).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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víg (comparative vígabb, superlative legvígabb)

  1. joyful, happy

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative víg vígak
accusative vígat vígakat
dative vígnak vígaknak
instrumental víggal vígakkal
causal-final vígért vígakért
translative víggá vígakká
terminative vígig vígakig
essive-formal vígként vígakként
essive-modal
inessive vígban vígakban
superessive vígon vígakon
adessive vígnál vígaknál
illative vígba vígakba
sublative vígra vígakra
allative víghoz vígakhoz
elative vígból vígakból
delative vígról vígakról
ablative vígtól vígaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
vígé vígaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
vígéi vígakéi

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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(Compound words):

References

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  1. ^ víg in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • víg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse víg, from Proto-Germanic *wīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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víg n (genitive singular vígs, nominative plural víg)

  1. slaying, killing
    Synonym: dráp

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Noun

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víg n (genitive vígs, plural víg)

  1. fight; battle
  2. homicide; murder; manslaughter

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Faroese: víggj n, víg n
  • Icelandic: víg n
  • Old Swedish: vigh, vighe
  • Old Norse: einvígi