vægur
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjectival formation related to vega (“to weigh”).[1] Note the semantic shift from "weigh" > "weigh little" > "mild, lenient", which is in contrast to most of the word's relatives across Indo-European, which tend to develop connotations of heaviness (such as English weighty). Despite this, some derivatives retain a "heavy" sense, such as mikilvægur.
Adjective
[edit]vægur (comparative vægari, superlative vægastur)
Declension
[edit]positive forms of vægur
strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | vægur | væg | vægt | |
accusative | vægan | væga | ||
dative | vægum | vægri | vægu | |
genitive | vægs | vægrar | vægs | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | vægir | vægar | væg | |
accusative | væga | |||
dative | vægum | |||
genitive | vægra | |||
weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | vægi | væga | væga | |
acc/dat/gen | væga | vægu | ||
plural (all-case) | vægu |
superlative forms of vægur
strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | vægastur | vægust | vægast | |
accusative | vægastan | vægasta | ||
dative | vægustum | vægastri | vægustu | |
genitive | vægasts | vægastrar | vægasts | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | vægastir | vægastar | vægust | |
accusative | vægasta | |||
dative | vægustum | |||
genitive | vægastra | |||
weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | vægasti | vægasta | vægasta | |
acc/dat/gen | vægasta | vægustu | ||
plural (all-case) | vægustu |
References
[edit]- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “vægur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
[edit]- “vægur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)