vagga
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAnswering to Faroese vagga, Norwegian vagge, Swedish vagga. Compare English wag, German wacken and Proto-Germanic *wagǭ.
Verb
editvagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaggaði, supine vaggað)
- (transitive, with dative) to move (something) back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
- (intransitive) to move back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
Conjugation
editinfinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vagga | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
vaggað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vaggandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég vagga | við vöggum | present (nútíð) |
ég vaggi | við vöggum |
þú vaggar | þið vaggið | þú vaggir | þið vaggið | ||
hann, hún, það vaggar | þeir, þær, þau vagga | hann, hún, það vaggi | þeir, þær, þau vaggi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaði | við vögguðum | past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaði | við vögguðum |
þú vaggaðir | þið vögguðuð | þú vaggaðir | þið vögguðuð | ||
hann, hún, það vaggaði | þeir, þær, þau vögguðu | hann, hún, það vaggaði | þeir, þær, þau vögguðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
vagga (þú) | vaggið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
vaggaðu | vaggiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vaggast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
vaggast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vaggandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég vaggast | við vöggumst | present (nútíð) |
ég vaggist | við vöggumst |
þú vaggast | þið vaggist | þú vaggist | þið vaggist | ||
hann, hún, það vaggast | þeir, þær, þau vaggast | hann, hún, það vaggist | þeir, þær, þau vaggist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaðist | við vögguðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaðist | við vögguðumst |
þú vaggaðist | þið vögguðust | þú vaggaðist | þið vögguðust | ||
hann, hún, það vaggaðist | þeir, þær, þau vögguðust | hann, hún, það vaggaðist | þeir, þær, þau vögguðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
vaggast (þú) | vaggist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
vaggastu | vaggisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse vagga (“cradle”), from the verb. Cognate with Faroese vøgga, Norwegian Nynorsk vogge, Swedish vagga, Danish vugge.
Noun
editvagga f (genitive singular vöggu, nominative plural vöggur)
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “vagga” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editvagga (present tense vaggar, past tense vagga, past participle vagga, passive infinitive vaggast, present participle vaggande, imperative vagga/vagg)
- to waddle, to rock, to sway
- 1977, Kjartan Fløgstad, Dalen Portland:
- Den unge kvinna vaggar tungt over golvet.
- The young woman waddles heavily across the floor.
References
edit- “vagga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editvagga f (genitive vǫggu)
Declension
editDescendants
edit- Icelandic: vagga
- Faroese: vagga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vogge
- Norwegian Bokmål: vugge
- Swedish: vagga
- Danish: vugge
References
edit- “vagga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pali
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group”).
Noun
editvagga m
- company
- section (e.g. of a book)
- group
- (grammar) group of consonants with a property in common, such as place of articulation
Declension
editCase \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vaggo | vaggā |
Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vagge |
Instrumental (third) | vaggena | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ | vaggānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vaggassa | vaggānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge | vaggesu |
Vocative (calling) | vagga | vaggā |
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Sanskrit व्यग्र (vyagra).
Adjective
editvagga
Declension
editCase \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vaggo | vaggā |
Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vagge |
Instrumental (third) | vaggena | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ | vaggānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vaggassa | vaggānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge | vaggesu |
Vocative (calling) | vagga | vaggā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vaggā | vaggāyo or vaggā |
Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vaggāyo or vaggā |
Instrumental (third) | vaggāya | vaggāhi or vaggābhi |
Dative (fourth) | vaggāya | vaggānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vaggāya | vaggāhi or vaggābhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vaggāya | vaggānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vaggāya or vaggāyaṃ | vaggāsu |
Vocative (calling) | vagge | vaggāyo or vaggā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vaggaṃ | vaggāni |
Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vaggāni |
Instrumental (third) | vaggena | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ | vaggānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vaggassa | vaggānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge | vaggesu |
Vocative (calling) | vagga | vaggāni |
Swedish
editPronunciation
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Noun
editvagga c
- a cradle; a bed for a baby that can be oscillating or swinging back and forth
- a cradle; the place where something has its origin
Declension
editDeclension of vagga | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vagga | vaggan | vaggor | vaggorna |
Genitive | vaggas | vaggans | vaggors | vaggornas |
Verb
editvagga (present vaggar, preterite vaggade, supine vaggat, imperative vagga)
Conjugation
editActive | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | vagga | vaggas | ||
Supine | vaggat | vaggats | ||
Imperative | vagga | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | vaggen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | vaggar | vaggade | vaggas | vaggades |
Ind. plural1 | vagga | vaggade | vaggas | vaggades |
Subjunctive2 | vagge | vaggade | vagges | vaggades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | vaggande | |||
Past participle | vaggad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/akːa
- Rhymes:Icelandic/akːa/1 syllable
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic transitive verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse ōn-stem nouns
- Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Pali terms derived from Sanskrit
- Pali lemmas
- Pali nouns
- Pali nouns in Latin script
- Pali masculine nouns
- pi:Grammar
- Pali adjectives
- Pali adjectives in Latin script
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish weak verbs