dýggj

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse dý, which is related to dyja (“to shake”); cognates include Icelandic dý.

Noun[edit]

dýggj n (genitive singular dýs, uncountable)

  1. bog, marsh, quagmire

Declension[edit]

n16s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative dýggj dýggið
Accusative dýggj dýggið
Dative dýggi/
dýggj 		dýgginum/
dýnum
Genitive dýs dýsins

Further reading[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dujan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107
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