flaga

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flaga, flak, from Proto-Germanic *flakǭ, variant of *flaką (“something flat”), possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

Noun

flaga f (genitive singular flögu, nominative plural flögur)

1. flake
2. slab, flag

Declension

Declension of flaga (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flaga	flagan	flögur	flögurnar
accusative	flögu	flöguna	flögur	flögurnar
dative	flögu	flögunni	flögum	flögunum
genitive	flögu	flögunnar	flagna, flaga	flagnanna, flaganna

Derived terms

• blóðflaga
• kartöfluflaga

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

flaga n

1. definite plural of flag

Noun

flaga f (definite singular flaga, indefinite plural flager or flagor, definite plural flagene or flagone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of flage
2. definite singular of flage

Verb

flaga (present tense flagar, past tense flaga, past participle flaga, passive infinitive flagast, present participle flagande, imperative flaga/flag)

1. Alternative form of flage

Polish

flaga

Etymology

Borrowed from German Flagge.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfla.ɡa/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈfla.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: fla‧ga

Noun

flaga f

1. flag (piece of cloth or often its representation)
2. (Far Masovian) thunderstorm (heavy rain combined with thunder)

Declension

Declension of flaga

	singular	plural
nominative	flaga	flagi
genitive	flagi	flag
dative	fladze	flagom
accusative	flagę	flagi
instrumental	flagą	flagami
locative	fladze	flagach
vocative	flago	flagi

Derived terms

noun

• biała flaga

Further reading

• flaga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• flaga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse flaga f, flak, from Proto-Germanic *flakǭ, *flaką.

Noun

flaga c

1. a thin flake (of some covering layer, like skin or paint)

Declension

Declension of flaga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flaga	flagas
	definite	flagan	flagans
plural	indefinite	flagor	flagors
	definite	flagorna	flagornas

See also

• fjäll
• flinga

Verb

flaga (present flagar, preterite flagade, supine flagat, imperative flaga)

1. to flake (come or fall off in flakes)

   Synonym: flagna

Conjugation

Conjugation of flaga (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	flaga		flagas
supine	flagat		flagats
imperative	flaga		—
imper. plural1	flagen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	flagar	flagade	flagas	flagades
ind. plural1	flaga	flagade	flagas	flagades
subjunctive2	flage	flagade	flages	flagades
present participle		flagande
past participle		flagad

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

References

• flaga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flaga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flaga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)