auga

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

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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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• auge

Etymology

From Old Norse auga.

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

Proto-Germanic *augô, Proto-Indo-European *oku- (“eye, to see”); compare Latin oculus, German Auge.

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.