baggi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse baggi, according to Kroonen, from Proto-Germanic *bagg (see *pakkô). Possibly from Old French bague, itself from Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpacːɪ/

  Rhymes: -acːɪ

Noun

baggi m (genitive singular bagga, nominative plural baggar)

1. bundle, pack
2. bale, haybale
3. (mental) burden

   Hún er þungur baggi á mér.

   She is a heavy burden on me.

Declension

Declension of baggi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	baggi	bagginn	baggar	baggarnir
accusative	bagga	baggann	bagga	baggana
dative	bagga	bagganum	böggum	böggunum
genitive	bagga	baggans	bagga	bagganna

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “pakka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “bag”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.