duga

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtuːwa/
• Rhymes: -uːwa

Etymology

From Old Norse duga (“to help, to suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).

Verb

duga (third person singular past indicative dugdi, supine dugað)

1. to know how to

Conjugation

   Conjugation of duga

duga, v-25
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	dugi	dugir	dugir	duga
Past	dugdi	dugdi	dugdi	dugdu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	duga !	—	dugið !
Infinitive	duga
Pres. part.	dugandi
Past part. a6	dugaður
Supine	dugað

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtʏːɣa/

  Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

Verb

duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugir) or
duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugaði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugar)

1. to suffice, to be enough, to do the trick

   Þetta dugir mér.

   This is enough for me.

   Mig vantar blað.. Þetta umslag dugar alveg.

   I need a piece of paper.. This old envelope will do the trick!

2. to be fit

Synonyms

• (to suffice): nægja

Derived terms

• duga til (to be good for)
• duga eða drepast (to do or die)
• nú er að duga eða drepast

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Indonesian

Verb

duga (used in the form menduga)

1. To gauge. (clarification of this Indonesian definition is being sought)
2. To guess.

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫga.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dǔːɡa/

Noun

dúga f (Cyrillic spelling ду́га)

1. rainbow

Declension

    declension of duga

	singular	plural
nominative	duga	duge
genitive	duge	duga
dative	dugi	dugama
accusative	dugu	duge
vocative	dugo	duge
locative	dugi	dugama
instrumental	dugom	dugama

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse duga, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.

Pronunciation

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Verb

duga (present duger, preterite dög or dugde, supine dugt or dugit, imperative dug)

1. suffice, be good (or skilled) enough; be acceptable; be useful for

   Om den dög åt din syster, så duger den åt dig.

   If it was good enough for your sister, then it'll be good enough for you.

   Den här duger ingenting till.

   This is good for nothing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of duga (strong)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	duga	—
Present tense	duger	—
Past tense	dög	—
Supine	dugit	—
Imperative	dug	—
Present participle	dugande
Past participle	—

Conjugation of duga (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	duga	—
Present tense	duger	—
Past tense	dugde	—
Supine	dugt	—
Imperative	dug	—
Present participle	dugande
Past participle	—

Related terms

• dugande
• som heter duga