vagga

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvakːa/

  Rhymes: -akːa

Etymology 1

Answering to Faroese vagga, Norwegian vagge, Swedish vagga. Compare English wag and German wacken.

Verb

vagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaggaði, supine vaggað)

1. (transitive, with dative) to move (something) back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
2. (intransitive) to move back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock

Conjugation

vagga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vagga
supine (sagnbót)		vaggað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vaggandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vagga	við vöggum	present (nútíð)	ég vaggi	við vöggum
	þú vaggar	þið vaggið		þú vaggir	þið vaggið
	hann, hún, það vaggar	þeir, þær, þau vagga		hann, hún, það vaggi	þeir, þær, þau vaggi
past (þátíð)	ég vaggaði	við vögguðum	past (þátíð)	ég vaggaði	við vögguðum
	þú vaggaðir	þið vögguðuð		þú vaggaðir	þið vögguðuð
	hann, hún, það vaggaði	þeir, þær, þau vögguðu		hann, hún, það vaggaði	þeir, þær, þau vögguðu
imperative (boðháttur)	vagga (þú)	vaggið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vaggaðu	vaggiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vaggast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vaggast
supine (sagnbót)		vaggast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vaggandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vaggast	við vöggumst	present (nútíð)	ég vaggist	við vöggumst
	þú vaggast	þið vaggist		þú vaggist	þið vaggist
	hann, hún, það vaggast	þeir, þær, þau vaggast		hann, hún, það vaggist	þeir, þær, þau vaggist
past (þátíð)	ég vaggaðist	við vögguðumst	past (þátíð)	ég vaggaðist	við vögguðumst
	þú vaggaðist	þið vögguðust		þú vaggaðist	þið vögguðust
	hann, hún, það vaggaðist	þeir, þær, þau vögguðust		hann, hún, það vaggaðist	þeir, þær, þau vögguðust
imperative (boðháttur)	vaggast (þú)	vaggist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vaggastu	vaggisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vagga (“cradle”), from the verb. Cognate with Faroese vøgga, Norwegian Nynorsk vogge, Swedish vagga, Danish vugge.

Noun

vagga f (genitive singular vöggu, nominative plural vöggur)

1. cradle

Declension

declension of vagga

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vagga	vaggan	vöggur	vöggurnar
accusative	vöggu	vögguna	vöggur	vöggurnar
dative	vöggu	vöggunni	vöggum	vöggunum
genitive	vöggu	vöggunnar	vagga	vagganna

Derived terms

• vöggustofa

Further reading

• “vagga” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

FWOTD – 27 June 2017

Alternative forms

• vagge

Etymology

From Old Norse vaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑɡːɑ/

Verb

vagga (present tense vaggar, past tense vagga, past participle vagga, passive infinitive vaggast, present participle vaggande, imperative vagga/vagg)

1. to waddle, to rock, to sway
   • 1977, Kjartan Fløgstad, Dalen Portland:

     Den unge kvinna vaggar tungt over golvet.

     The young woman waddles heavily across the floor.

References

• “vagga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vagga f (genitive vǫggu)

1. cradle

Declension

  Declension of vagga (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vagga	vaggan	vǫggur	vǫggurnar
accusative	vǫggu	vǫgguna	vǫggur	vǫggurnar
dative	vǫggu	vǫggunni	vǫggum	vǫggunum
genitive	vǫggu	vǫggunnar	vaggna	vaggnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: vagga
• Faroese: vagga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vogge
• Norwegian Bokmål: vugge
• Swedish: vagga
• Danish: vugge

References

• “vagga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀕𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• वग्ग (Devanagari script)
• ৰগ্গ (Bengali script)
• වග‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• ဝဂ္ဂ or ဝၷ္ၷ or ဝၷ်ၷ (Burmese script)
• วคฺค or วัคคะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨣ᩠ᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຄ຺ຄ or ວັຄຄະ (Lao script)
• វគ្គ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄉𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group”).

Noun

vagga m

1. company
2. section (e.g. of a book)
3. group
4. (grammar) group of consonants with a property in common, such as place of articulation

Declension

Declension table of "vagga" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaggo	vaggā
Accusative (second)	vaggaṃ	vagge
Instrumental (third)	vaggena	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Dative (fourth)	vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ	vaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vaggassa	vaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge	vaggesu
Vocative (calling)	vagga	vaggā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဝဂ် (wag)
• → Khmer: វគ្គ (vĕək)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit व्यग्र (vyagra).

Adjective

vagga

1. separated
2. incomplete
3. dissentious

Declension

Declension table of "vagga" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaggo	vaggā
Accusative (second)	vaggaṃ	vagge
Instrumental (third)	vaggena	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Dative (fourth)	vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ	vaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vaggassa	vaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge	vaggesu
Vocative (calling)	vagga	vaggā

Declension table of "vaggā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaggā	vaggāyo or vaggā
Accusative (second)	vaggaṃ	vaggāyo or vaggā
Instrumental (third)	vaggāya	vaggāhi or vaggābhi
Dative (fourth)	vaggāya	vaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vaggāya	vaggāhi or vaggābhi
Genitive (sixth)	vaggāya	vaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vaggāya or vaggāyaṃ	vaggāsu
Vocative (calling)	vagge	vaggāyo or vaggā

Declension table of "vagga" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaggaṃ	vaggāni
Accusative (second)	vaggaṃ	vaggāni
Instrumental (third)	vaggena	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Dative (fourth)	vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ	vaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vaggassa	vaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge	vaggesu
Vocative (calling)	vagga	vaggāni

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

vagga c

1. a cradle; a bed for a baby that can be oscillating or swinging back and forth
2. a cradle; the place where something has its origin

Declension

Declension of vagga
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vagga	vaggan	vaggor	vaggorna
Genitive	vaggas	vaggans	vaggors	vaggornas

Verb

vagga (present vaggar, preterite vaggade, supine vaggat, imperative vagga)

1. to cradle, to rock (a baby to sleep)
2. to rock, to move gently back and forth

Conjugation

Conjugation of vagga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vagga		vaggas
Supine	vaggat		vaggats
Imperative	vagga		—
Imper. plural1	vaggen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vaggar	vaggade	vaggas	vaggades
Ind. plural1	vagga	vaggade	vaggas	vaggades
Subjunctive2	vagge	vaggade	vagges	vaggades
	Participles
Present participle	vaggande
Past participle	vaggad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• vaggvisa

See also

• gunga (“swing, rock, sway”) (larger movements)
• vyssja (“lull”)

References

• vagga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vagga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vagga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)