dagur

See also: Dagur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse dagr (day), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (day), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛaːvʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːvʊɹ
  • Homophone: Dagur

Noun

dagur m (genitive singular dags, plural dagar)

  1. day, the time between sunrise and sunset
  2. daylight
  3. day, 24 hours
  4. (in the plural) life, lifetime
  5. consciousness

Declension

Declension of dagur (m42)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dagur dagurin dagar dagarnir
accusative dag dagin dagar dagarnar
dative degi degnum døgum døgunum
genitive dags dagsins daga daganna

Synonyms

  • (daylight): dagsljós, dagslýsi
  • (24 hours): samdøgur
  • (lifetime): lív, lívstíð, æviskeið
  • (consciousness): vit, tilvitska

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of day): nátt

Hyponyms

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (day), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːɣʏr/
    Rhymes: -aːɣʏr

Noun

dagur m (genitive singular dags, nominative plural dagar)

  1. a day
    Antonym: nótt
    • 2008 Rökkurró, Dagur þrjú, Það kólnar í kvöld...
      En áfram tóri ég og dagana tel
      But I live on and count the days
    • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)
      Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.
      And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
    • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)
      Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.
      God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Declension

Declension of dagur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dagur dagurinn dagar dagarnir
accusative dag daginn daga dagana
dative degi deginum dögum dögunum
genitive dags dagsins daga daganna

Derived terms

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “dagur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “dagur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)