dryga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse drýgja, from Proto-Germanic *driugijaną. Factitive of dryg (since Proto-Germanic *dreugaz).

Verb

dryga (present tense dryger, past tense drygde, past participle drygt/drygd, passive infinitive drygast, present participle drygande, imperative dryg)

  1. (transitive) to make last longer, to eke out, to draw out
  2. (intransitive) to last long, to draw out
  3. (ergative) to postpone

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdryː.jɑ/

Adjective

drȳġa

  1. inflection of drȳġe:
    1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
    2. weak nominative masculine singular

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɘ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɘɡa
  • Syllabification: dry‧ga

Etymology 1

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Noun

dryga f

  1. (Eastern Lublin, Zamość County or in the plural, Near Masovian, Garwolin County) calf's foot jelly
    Synonym: drygle
    Hypernym: galareta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dryga

  1. third-person singular present of drygać

Further reading

  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “dryga”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 192

Swedish

Adjective

dryga

  1. inflection of dryg:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural