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 \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	duggaṃ	duggāni
Accusative (second)	duggaṃ	duggāni
Instrumental (third)	duggena	duggehi or duggebhi
Dative (fourth)	duggassa or duggāya or duggatthaṃ	duggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	duggasmā or duggamhā or duggā	duggehi or duggebhi
Genitive (sixth)	duggassa	duggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	duggasmiṃ or duggamhi or dugge	duggesu
Vocative (calling)	dugga	duggāni

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.

Related terms

• dugg
• duggregn

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

• dugga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dugga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dugga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dugg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)