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)

  1. 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
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