bugt
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʏxt/
- Rhymes: -ʏxt
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German bucht and Danish bugt (which was also borrowed from the Middle Low German word); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. A doublet of the inherited bót.
Noun
bugt f (genitive singular bugtar, nominative plural bugtir)
- bend, curve
- bight (area of sea that curves inland)
Declension
declension of bugt
| f-s2 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bugt | bugtin | bugtir | bugtirnar |
| accusative | bugt | bugtina | bugtir | bugtirnar |
| dative | bugt | bugtinni | bugtum | bugtunum |
| genitive | bugtar | bugtarinnar | bugta | bugtanna |
Etymology 2
From bugta (sig) (“to bow”), from Danish bugte (sig) (“to bow”), derived from bugt (“bend, curve”), from Middle Low German bucht (whence Icelandic bugt (1)), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz.
Noun
bugt n (genitive singular bugts, no plural)
- bowing (bending in respect or deference)
Declension
declension of bugt
| n-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bugt | bugtið |
| accusative | bugt | bugtið |
| dative | bugti | bugtinu |
| genitive | bugts | bugtsins |
References
- “bugt” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.