auga

See also augā

Galician

Etymology

From Latin aqua.

Noun

auga f

1. water

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Icelandic

Eitt auga.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈøyːɣa/ (

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  Rhymes: -øyːɣa

Etymology

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Cognates include Latin oculus, Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (áugō), Old English ēaġe, English eye, Scots ee, Swedish öga, Danish øje.

Noun

auga n (genitive singular auga, plural augu)

1. eye
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

     Inn vari gestur

     er til verðar kemur

     þunnu hljóði þegir,

     eyrum hlýðir,

     en augum skoðar.

     Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.

     The knowing guest

     who goes to the feast,

     In silent attention sits;

     With his ears he hears,

     with his eyes he watches,

     Thus wary are wise men all.

Declension

declension of auga

n-w	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	auga	augað	augu	augun
accusative	auga	augað	augu	augun
dative	auga	auganu	augum	augunum
genitive	auga	augans	augna	augnanna

Related terms

• augabragð
• augabrún/ augnabrún
• augaleið
• augastaður
• augasteinn
• augljós
• augnablik
• augnagotur
• augnahár/ augnhár
• augnalaus
• augnhlaup
• augnalok
• augnlæknisfræði
• augnaráð/ augnatillit
• augnatóft
• augnayndi
• augnlæknir
• augnveiki
• augsýn
• augsýnilega
• augsýnilegur
• betur sjá augu en auga (two heads are better than one)
• draga augað í pung
• nálarauga
• undir fjögur augu
• varðveita eins og sjáaldur auga síns

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Latvian

Noun

auga m

1. genitive singular form of augs

Verb

auga

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of augt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of augt

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• auge

Etymology

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Noun

auga n (definite singular auga; indefinite plural augo; definite plural augo)

1. eye (organ)

   Eg har noko på auga.

   Something is stuck in my eye.

2. eye (the visual sense); vision

   Augo mine er ikkje so gode som dei ein gong var.

   My eyes aren't as good as they once were.

3. plural definite of auge

References

• “auga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *augô (whence Old English ēaġe, Old Saxon ōga, Old High German ouga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augo)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”); compare Latin oculus, Old Church Slavonic око.

Noun

auga n

1. eye

Descendants

Danish: øje n Faroese: eyga n Icelandic: auga n

Norwegian (bokmål): øye n Norwegian (nynorsk): auga n Swedish: öga n