dolg

Old English

Alternative forms

• dolh

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dolg, from Proto-Germanic *dulgą. Cognate with Old Frisian dolch, Old High German tolg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dolɡ/, [doɫɣ]

Noun

dolg n

1. wound, scar
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎^[1]:

     …ac mē eċġa dolg ēacen weorðað þurh dēaðsleġe dagum and nihtum.

     …but for me wounds of edges become widened through deathblows by days and nights.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dolg	dolg
accusative	dolg	dolg
genitive	dolges	dolga
dative	dolge	dolgum

Derived terms

• dolgsleġe
• dolgswæþ

Descendants

• Middle English: dolh, dolȝ, dolc, dolke

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dьlgъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ́ːʋk/

Adjective

dȏlg (comparative dȃljši, superlative nȁjdȃljši)

1. long

   Ni dan tako dolg, da ne bi bilo večera. ― There is no day, so long, that there would not be an evening.

Inflection

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Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	dôlg	dôlga	dôlgo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dôlg ind dôlgi def	dôlga	dôlgo
genitive	dôlgega	dôlge	dôlgega
dative	dôlgemu	dôlgi	dôlgemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	dôlgo	dôlgo
locative	dôlgem	dôlgi	dôlgem
instrumental	dôlgim	dôlgo	dôlgim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dôlga	dôlgi	dôlgi
genitive	dôlgih	dôlgih	dôlgih
dative	dôlgima	dôlgima	dôlgima
accusative	dôlga	dôlgi	dôlgi
locative	dôlgih	dôlgih	dôlgih
instrumental	dôlgima	dôlgima	dôlgima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dôlgi	dôlge	dôlga
genitive	dôlgih	dôlgih	dôlgih
dative	dôlgim	dôlgim	dôlgim
accusative	dôlge	dôlge	dôlga
locative	dôlgih	dôlgih	dôlgih
instrumental	dôlgimi	dôlgimi	dôlgimi

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *dъlgъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ́ːʋk/
• Hyphenation: dolg

Noun

dȏłg m inan

1. debt

   Synonyms: debet, kredit, posojilo, puf

2. (obsolete) sin, guilt^[→SSKJ]

   Synonyms: pregreha, greh, krivda, krivica, zadolženje

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent
nom. sing.	dȏłg
gen. sing.	dołgȃ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	dȏłg	dołgȏva	dołgȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	dołgȃ	dołgóv	dołgóv
dative dajȃlnik	dȏłgu, dȏłgi	dołgȏvoma, dołgȏvama	dołgȏvom, dȏłgȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	dȏłg	dołgȏva	dołgȏve, dołgẹ̑
locative mẹ̑stnik	dȏłgu, dȏłgi	dołgȏvih, dolgẹ́h	dołgȏvih, dolgẹ́h
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dȏłgom	dołgȏvoma, dołgȏvama	dołgȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dȏłg	dołgȏva	dołgȏvi

Derived terms

• biti na dolgu
• biti v dolgovih
• častni dolg
• delati dolgove
• dolgováti
• dołžȃn
• dọ́łžən
• dolžník
• dołžnọ̑st
• nedọ̑łžən
• nedọ̑łžnost
• neizterljivi dolg
• obdolžénəc
• obdolžīti
• obljuba dela dolg
• oddolžīti
• ostati na dolgu
• tičati v dolgovih
• vzeti na dolg
• zadolžīti

 

Further reading

• “dolg”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “dolg”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references