duga

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Contents 1 Faroese 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Conjugation 2 Icelandic 2.1 Verb 2.1.1 Synonyms 2.1.2 Derived terms 3 Indonesian 3.1 Verb 4 Serbo-Croatian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 5 Swedish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Verb 5.2.1 Related terms

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈduːa]

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse duga (‘to help, to suffice’).

[edit] Verb

duga

1. to know how to

[edit] Conjugation

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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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Verb

duga (dugaði, dugað)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• (to suffice): nægja

[edit] 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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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Verb

duga (used in the form menduga)

1. To gauge. [Clarification of this translation from Indonesian is requested]
2. To guess.

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫga.

[edit] Noun

dúga f. (Cyrillic spelling ду́га)

1. rainbow

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Verb

duga

Conjugations of duga
Infinitive	duga
Present tense	duger
Past tense	dög
Supine	dugt
Imperative	dug
Present participle	dugande
Past participle	-

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.

[edit] Related terms

• dugande
• som heter duga