bygg

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bygg.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bygg n (genitive singular bygs, uncountable)

  1. barley (Hordeum)

Declension

n9s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bygg byggið
Accusative bygg byggið
Dative byggi bygginum
Genitive bygs bygsins

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bygg.

Pronunciation

Noun

bygg n (genitive singular byggs, no plural)

  1. barley (Hordeum)

Declension

Derived terms

  • silkibygg (foxtail barley, Hordeum jubatum)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bygg.

Pronunciation

Noun

bygg n (definite singular bygget, uncountable)
bygg m (definite singular byggen, uncountable)

  1. barley (Hordeum)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse byggja, via the verb bygge.

Pronunciation

Noun

bygg n (definite singular bygget, indefinite plural bygg, definite plural bygga or byggene)

  1. building
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

bygg

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of bygge

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bygg.

Noun

bygg n (definite singular bygget, uncountable)
bygg m (definite singular byggen, uncountable)

  1. barley (Hordeum)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse byggja, via the verb bygge.

Noun

bygg n (definite singular bygget, indefinite plural bygg, definite plural bygga)

  1. building
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

Template:nn-verb-form

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of byggja and bygga

References


Old Norse

Etymology

From the stem of the verb byggja, from Proto-Germanic *bewwą. Compare Old English bēow, Old Saxon beo, Old Frisian be.

Noun

bygg n

  1. barley (Hordeum)

Descendants

  • Danish: byg c (older biug n)
  • Middle English: big, byg, byge
  • Faroese: bygg n
  • Icelandic: bygg n

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References


Swedish

Verb

bygg

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of bygga.