hagur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːɣʏr/
• Rhymes: -aːɣʏr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hagr, from Proto-Germanic *hagaz (“skilled, handy”).

Adjective

hagur (comparative hagari, superlative hagastur)

1. dexterous, handy

   Synonyms: laginn, flinkur

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hagur	hög	hagt
accusative	hagan	haga	hagt
dative	högum	hagri	högu
genitive	hags	hagrar	hags
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hagir	hagar	hög
accusative	haga	hagar	hög
dative	högum	högum	högum
genitive	hagra	hagra	hagra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hagi	haga	haga
accusative	haga	högu	haga
dative	haga	högu	haga
genitive	haga	högu	haga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	högu	högu	högu
accusative	högu	högu	högu
dative	högu	högu	högu
genitive	högu	högu	högu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hagari	hagari	hagara
accusative	hagari	hagari	hagara
dative	hagari	hagari	hagara
genitive	hagari	hagari	hagara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hagari	hagari	hagari
accusative	hagari	hagari	hagari
dative	hagari	hagari	hagari
genitive	hagari	hagari	hagari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hagastur	högust	hagast
accusative	hagastan	hagasta	hagast
dative	högustum	hagastri	högustu
genitive	hagasts	hagastrar	hagasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hagastir	hagastar	högust
accusative	hagasta	hagastar	högust
dative	högustum	högustum	högustum
genitive	hagastra	hagastra	hagastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hagasti	hagasta	hagasta
accusative	hagasta	högustu	hagasta
dative	hagasta	högustu	hagasta
genitive	hagasta	högustu	hagasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	högustu	högustu	högustu
accusative	högustu	högustu	högustu
dative	högustu	högustu	högustu
genitive	högustu	högustu	högustu

Etymology 2

Noun

hagur m (genitive singular hags, nominative plural hagir)

1. an advantage

   Synonym: gagn

2. economy

   Synonym: efnahagur

   Hagur fjölskyldunnar stóð með blóma.

   The family's 'finances were flourishing.

3. circumstances

   Synonym: ástæður

Declension

declension of hagur

m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hagur	hagurinn	hagir	hagirnir
accusative	hag	haginn	hagi	hagina
dative	hag	hagnum	högum	högunum
genitive	hags	hagsins	haga	haganna

Derived terms

"advantage"

• hafa hag af einhverju
• sjá sér hag í
• sjá sér hag í að gera
• vera einhverjum í hag, vera í hag einhvers

 

"economy"

• efnahagur