dýggj
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse dý, which is related to dýja (“to shake”); cognates include Icelandic dý.
Noun
[edit]dýggj n (genitive singular dýs, uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| n16-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | dýggj | dýggið |
| accusative | dýggj | dýggið |
| dative | dýggi, dýggj | dýgginum, dýnum |
| genitive | dýs | dýsins |
Further reading
[edit]- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dujan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107