dag

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[edit] Translingual

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dag

  1. (metrology) Symbol for the decagram, an SI unit of mass equal to 101 grams.

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh

[edit] Noun

Singular
dag

Plural
dags

dag (plural dags)

  1. A hanging end or shred; notably:
    1. A long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing.
    2. One of a row of decorative strips of cloth, ornamenting a tent, booth or fairground.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French dague (from Old Provençal dague, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *daca "Dacian knife," from the Roman province Dacia (roughly modern Romania); the ending is possibly the faintly pejorative -ard suffix, us in poignard 'dagger'); cognate with dagger.

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Singular
dag

Plural
dags

dag (plural dags)

  1. A skewer.
  2. A spit, sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to dag

Third person singular
dags

Simple past
dagged

Past participle
dagged

Present participle
dagging

to dag (third-person singular simple present dags, present participle dagging, simple past and past participle dagged)

  1. (transitive) To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
  2. (transitive) To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags

[edit] Etymology 3

From daglock.

[edit] Noun

Singular
dag

Plural
dags

dag (plural dags)

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  1. A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
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  • daglock
  • dung tag
    • 1989, Paula Simmons, Raising Sheep the Modern Way, revised edition, Storey Communications Inc., Pownal Vermont, page 212
      Remove dung tags, and do not tie them in with the fleece.
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[edit] Etymology 4

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dag

  1. (US, informal) Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.

[edit] Etymology 5

Back-formation from daggy.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
dag

Plural
dags

dag (plural dags)

  1. (Australian slang, New Zealand derogatory slang) One who dresses unfashionably. May be used as form of endearment emphasizing that they are different, outsiders.
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[edit] Etymology 6

Initialism for directed acyclic graph.

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Singular
dag

Plural
dags

dag (plural dags)

  1. (mathematics) A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic: from Dutch dag 'day', cognate with German Tag. Cfr. infra

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dag (plural dae)

  1. A day

[edit] Etymology 2

Presumably Germanic: from Dutch goedendag 'goodday; goodbye' (from goed 'goed, pleasant' + dag 'day'), cfr. supra

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dag

  1. hello!
  2. bye-bye!

[edit] Etymology 3

Presumably Germanic: from Dutch gedachte 'thought', from gedacht, the past participle of denken 'to think'

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dag

  1. A thought

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dag (past tense gedag)

  1. To think, ponder
  2. To consider

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“‘day’”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷh- (“‘to burn’”).

[edit] Noun

dag c. (singular definite dagen, plural indefinite dage)

  1. day

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    Inflection of “dag”
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative dag dagen dage dagene
genitive dags dagens dages dagenes

[edit] Dutch

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dag m. and f. (plural dagen, diminutive dagje, diminutive plural dagjes)

  1. A day, notably 24 hours, especially between the midnights
  2. (absolute use, definite article only: de dag) The period of time between sunrise and sunset, daytime.
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dag!

  1. hello, short for goedendag (“‘good day’”) 'goodday; goodbye'
  2. goodbye, same shortening
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[edit] Etymology 2

Germanic, cognate with English dag 'hanging end, shred'

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dag (plural daggen, diminutive dagje, diminutive plural dagjes)

  1. A piece of rope, used to punish sailors with, on the spot or in running the gauntlet
  2. A line used to fasten young sailors while training boarding a hostile ship or climbing the rigging
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[edit] Faroese

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  • IPA: /dɛaː/

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dag

  1. accusative singular form of dagur

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch dag, from goedendag 'goodday'.

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dag

  1. hello

[edit] Norwegian

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dag m.

  1. A day (period from midnight to the following midnight)

[edit] Norwegian Bokmål

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse dagr.

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dag m. (definite singular dagen; indefinite plural dager; definite plural dagene)

  1. A day
  2. The period of time between sunrise and sunset, daytime

[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse dagr.

[edit] Noun

dag m. (definite singular dagn; indefinite plural dagar; definite plural dagane)

  1. A day
  2. The period of time between sunrise and sunset, daytime

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse dagr.

Inflection for dag Singular Plural
Common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dag dagen dagar dagarna
Genitive dags dagens dagars dagarnas

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dag c.

  1. A day
  2. The period of time between sunrise and sunset, daytime.

[edit] See also

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