dugga

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀤𑀼𑀕𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
  • दुग्ग (Devanagari script)
  • দুগ্গ (Bengali script)
  • දුග‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
  • ဒုဂ္ဂ or ၻုၷ္ၷ or ၻုၷ်ၷ (Burmese script)
  • ทุคฺค or ทุคคะ (Thai script)
  • ᨴᩩᨣ᩠ᨣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ທຸຄ຺ຄ or ທຸຄຄະ (Lao script)
  • ទុគ្គ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄘𑄪𑄉𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दुर्ग (durgá, “an impassable route”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *duẓgás.

Noun

dugga n

  1. a difficult road

Declension

Declension table of "dugga" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)duggaṃduggāni
Accusative (second)duggaṃduggāni
Instrumental (third)duggenaduggehi or duggebhi
Dative (fourth)duggassa or duggāya or duggatthaṃduggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)duggasmā or duggamhā or duggāduggehi or duggebhi
Genitive (sixth)duggassaduggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)duggasmiṃ or duggamhi or duggeduggesu
Vocative (calling)duggaduggāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dugga”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dǫggva (“bedew”).

Verb

dugga (present duggar, preterite duggade, supine duggat, imperative dugga)

  1. (impersonal) to rain lightly, to drizzle
    Synonym: duggregna
    för en timme sedan duggade det, men nu regnar det inte ett dugg
    an hour ago it drizzled, but now it isn't raining at all
Conjugation
Conjugation of dugga (weak)
active passive
infinitive dugga —
supine duggat —
imperative dugga —
imper. plural1 duggen —
present past present past
indicative duggar duggade — —
ind. plural1 dugga duggade — —
subjunctive2 dugge duggade — —
present participle duggande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

From the verb dugga in the sense "to 'drizzle' someone with questions".

Noun

dugga c

  1. (colloquial) a small test taken during a university course, midterm exam
Declension
Declension of dugga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dugga duggas
definite duggan duggans
plural indefinite duggor duggors
definite duggorna duggornas

References

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