bygd
Danish
Noun
bygd
- small, remote collection of houses, usually on Greenland or the Faroe Islands
Declension
Declension of bygd
Faroese
Etymology 1
From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Noun
bygd f (genitive singular bygdar, plural bygdir)
Usage notes
There's no distinction between a village and a hamlet in Faroese.
Declension
| Declension of bygd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bygd | bygdin | bygdir | bygdirnar |
| accusative | bygd | bygdina | bygdir | bygdirnar |
| dative | bygd | bygdini | bygdum | bygdunum |
| genitive | bygdar | bygdarinnar | bygda | bygdanna |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
bygd
- feminine nominative singular past participle of byggja
- neuter nominative plural past participle of byggja
- neuter accusative plural past participle of byggja
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Noun
bygd f or m (definite singular bygda or bygden, indefinite plural bygder, definite plural bygdene)
- country district or settlement (which forms a topographical and usually administrative unit (parish, township))
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
bygd
- past participle of bygge
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bygð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Noun
bygd f (definite singular bygda, indefinite plural bygder, definite plural bygdene)
- country district or settlement (as above)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
bygd
- (deprecated template usage) masculine, feminine and neuter past participle of byggja and bygga
- (deprecated template usage) masculine and feminine past participle of byggja and bygga
Derived terms
References
- “bygd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish byghþ, from Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Pronunciation
Noun
bygd c
Declension
| Declension of bygd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bygd | bygden | bygder | bygderna |
| Genitive | bygds | bygdens | bygders | bygdernas |
Related terms
References
- bygd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bygd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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- Faroese non-lemma forms
- Faroese verb forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
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