dýggj

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse dý, which is related to dýja (“to shake”); cognates include Icelandic dý.

Noun

dýggj n (genitive singular dýs, uncountable)

  1. bog, marsh, quagmire

Declension

n16-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative dýggj dýggið
accusative dýggj dýggið
dative dýggi, dýggj dýgginum, dýnum
genitive dýs dýsins

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dujan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107
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