vegur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vegr, Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːvʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -eːvʊɹ
• Homophones: veður, vevur

Noun

vegur m (genitive singular vegar, plural vegir)

1. way, road
2. distance
3. movement towards a goal, direction
4. possibility

Declension

m13	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vegur	vegurin	vegir	vegirnir
accusative	veg	vegin	vegir	vegirnar
dative	veg, vegi	vegnum, veginum	vegum	vegunum
genitive	vegar	vegarins	vega	veganna

Synonyms

• gøta
• longd, strekki
• leið
• møguleiki

Derived terms

• beinanvegin
• bygdarvegur
• farvegur
• fjórðungsvegur
• gonguvegur
• høvuðsvegur
• krossvegur
• landsvegur
• loynivegur
• motorvegur
• neytavegur
• ringvegur
• sambindingarvegur
• sjóvegis
• skákvegur
• snarvegur
• stórvegis
• tvørvegis
• útvegur
• vegabrúgv
• vegamerking
• vegamót
• veganet
• vegarbeiði
• vegleiðing
• vegmaður
• vegskattur

 

See also

• breyt
• brúgv
• á

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vegr, Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːɣʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɛːɣʏr

Noun

vegur m (genitive singular vegar or (in fixed expressions) vegs, nominative plural vegir)

1. way
2. road

Declension

Declension of vegur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vegur	vegurinn	vegir	vegirnir
accusative	veg	veginn	vegi, vegu1	vegina
dative	vegi	veginum	vegum	vegunum
genitive	vegar, vegs2	vegarins, vegsins2	vega	veganna

¹Archaic or literary.
²In fixed expressions.

Note: The genitive singular vegs is used in fixed expressions such as til vegs og virðingar. The otherwise obsolete accusative plural vegu is also used with the preposition á, meaning “in [a specified] way”, e.g. á ýmsa vegu (“in various ways”), and in expressions about travelling widely, such as um víða vegu (“far and wide”).

Derived terms

• allir vegir liggja til Rómar