dýggj
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse dý, which is related to dyja (“to shake”); cognates include Icelandic dý.
Noun
dýggj n (genitive singular dýs, uncountable)
- bog, marsh, quagmire
Declension
| n16s | Singular | |
| Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dýggj | dýggið |
| Accusative | dýggj | dýggið |
| Dative | dýggi/ dýggj | dýgginum/ dýnum |
| Genitive | dýs | dýsins |
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “dujan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107