hug

See also húg

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From earlier hugge (“to embrace”) (1560), probably representing a conflation of huck (“to crouch, huddle down”) and Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), from hugr (“courage”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, sense”), cognate with Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), Old English hyge (“thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention, courage, pride”). More at Huguenot.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŭg, IPA: /hʌɡ/, X-SAMPA: /hVg/

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

hug (plural hugs)

1. An affectionate close embrace.

Translations

affectionate embrace

• Albanian: përqafimi i dashur (sq)
• Arabic: اِحْتِضَان (ar) (iħtiḍān) m, حضن (ar) (ḥáḍn) m
• Armenian: գրկում (hy) (grkum) 
• Basque: besarkada (eu)
• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: прегръдка (bg) (pregrădka) f 
• Catalan: abraçada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擁抱 (cmn), 拥抱 (cmn) (yōngbào), 摟抱 (cmn), 搂抱 (cmn) (lǒubào), (formal) 偎抱 (cmn) (wēibào)

• Corsican: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: objetí (cs) n
• Danish: kram (da), omfavnelse (da), knus (da)
• Dutch: knuffel (nl), knuffelen (nl)
• Esperanto: brakumo (eo)
• Estonian: kalli (et), kallistus (et)
• Faroese: klemm (fo) n
• Finnish: hali (fi), halaus (fi)
• French: étreinte (fr) f, câlin (fr) m
• Georgian: მოსიყვარულეა იკისროს (ka) (mosiqvarulea ikisros)
• German: Umarmung (de) f
• Greek: αγκάλιασμα (el) (agkáliasma) n 
• Hebrew: חיבוק \ חִבּוּק (he) (khibúk) m
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: ölelés (hu)
• Icelandic: knús (is) n
• Italian: abbraccio (it) m
• Japanese: ハグ (ja) (hagu), 抱締める (ja) (dakishimeru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can

• Korean: 안아 (ko) (ana)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: باوه‌ش

• Latin: complexus (la) m
• Latvian: apkampiens (lv) m
• Lithuanian: apkabinimas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Ëmaarmung (lb) f
• Malay: pelukan (ms)
• Norwegian: klem (no) m
• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: بغل گیری (fa)
• Polish: przytulenie (pl)
• Portuguese: abraço (pt) m
• Romanian: îmbrățișare (ro) f
• Russian: объятие (ru) (ob"játije) n , обнимание (ru) (obnimánije) n 
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-ghlacadh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: загрљај (sh) (zagrljaj)
• Sicilian: abbrazzu (scn)
• Slovak: objatie (sk) n
• Slovene: objèm (sl) m
• Spanish: abrazo (es) m
• Swedish: kram (sv) c
• Tagalog: yakap (tl)
• Thai: กอด (th) (kàwd)
• Turkish: sarılma (tr)
• Vietnamese: cái ôm chặt (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: cofleidiad (cy) m
• Yiddish: האַלדזן (yi) (haldzn) f

Verb

hug (third-person singular simple present hugs, present participle hugging, simple past and past participle hugged)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.

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2. (intransitive) To cling closely together.
3. (transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.

   Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.

4. (transitive) To stay close to (the shore etc.)
5. (transitive, figuratively) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
   • Glanvill

     We hug deformities if they bear our names.

Synonyms

• accoll (obsolete)
• coll
• embrace

Translations

cling closely together

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擁抱 (cmn), 拥抱 (cmn) (yōngbào)

• Finnish: painautua (fi) yhteen (fi)
• German: sich umarmen (de)
• Greek: αγκαλιάζω (el) (agkaliázo) 
• Italian: abbracciare (it)
• Japanese: 抱く (ja) (いだく, idaku)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: باوه‌ش گرتن

• Luxembourgish: sech ëmaarmen (lb)
• Russian: обниматься (ru) (obnimát’s'a)  impf., обняться (ru) (obnját’s'a)  pf.
• Slovene: objéti (sl)
• Swedish: kramas (sv)

embrace

• Arabic: عانق (ar) (ʿānaqa), احتضن (ar) (iḥtáḍana), حضن (ar) (ḥáḍana)
• Armenian: գրկել (hy) (grkel) 
• Aromanian: ambratsu (rup)
• Catalan: abraçar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擁抱 (cmn), 拥抱 (cmn) (yōngbào), 摟抱 (cmn), 搂抱 (cmn) (lǒubào), (formal) 偎抱 (cmn) (wēibào), 摟摟 (cmn), 搂搂 (cmn) (lǒulou), 抱抱 (cmn) (bàobao)

• Czech: obejmout (cs)
• Danish: omfavne (da), kramme (da), knuse (da)
• Dutch: knuffelen (nl)
• Esperanto: brakumi (eo)
• Faroese: klemma (fo), kroysta (fo)
• Finnish: halata (fi)
• French: étreindre (fr), serrer (fr), embrasser (fr)
• Georgian: მოიცავს (ka) (moic’avs)
• German: umarmen (de), drücken (de)
• Greek: αγκαλιάζω (el) (agkaliázo) 
• Hebrew: חיבק \ חִבֵּק (he) (khibék)
• Hungarian: ölel (hu)

• Icelandic: faðma (is), knúsa (is)
• Italian: abbracciare (it)
• Japanese: 抱く (ja) (いだく, idaku), だく (ja) (daku), ハグする (ja) (hagu-suru)
• Korean: 포옹하다 (ko) (poong-hada)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: باوه‌ش گرتن

• Latin: complector (la)
• Luxembourgish: ëmäerbelen (lb), ëmäermelen (lb), ëmaarmen (lb)
• Norwegian: klemme (no), omfavne (no)
• Polish: przytulić (pl), przytulać (pl), tulić (pl)
• Portuguese: abraçar (pt)
• Romanian: îmbrățișa (ro)
• Russian: обнимать (ru) (obnimát’)  impf., обнять (ru) (obnját’)  pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-ghlac (gd)
• Slovene: objéti (sl)
• Spanish: abrazar (es)
• Swedish: krama (sv), omfamna (sv)
• Turkish: sarılmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: ôm (vi), ôm chặt (vi), ôm ghì (vi)

stay close

• Finnish: pysyä (fi) lähellä (fi), pysyä lähettyvillä (fi)

• Italian: tenersi vicino (it)

See also

• cuddle
• huggle
• kiss
• snuggle
• squeeze

Derived terms

• body-hugging

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hǫgg, verbal noun to hǫggva (“to hew”).

Noun

hug n (singular definite hugget, plural indefinite hug)

1. stroke
2. slash
3. cut

Inflection

    Inflection of hug

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	hug	hugget	hug	huggene
genitive	hugs	huggets	hugs	huggenes

Etymology 2

Noun

hug (only one form)

1. squat

Verb

hug

1. imperative of hugge

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Faroese

Noun

hug m

• Indefinite accusative singular of hugur

1. thought, sense, spirit
2. desire, interest

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Manx

Preposition

hug

1. to

Inflection

	Singular				Plural
Person	1st	2nd	3rd m.	3rd f.	1st	2nd	3rd
Normal	hym	hood	huggey	huic	hooin	hiu	huc
Emphatic	hyms	hoods	huggeysyn	huicish	hooinyn	hiuish	hucsyn

Verb

hug

1. past tense form of toyr