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dagur

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Faroese

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-?
Proto-Germanic *dagaz
Old Norse dagr
Faroese dagur

    Inherited from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-.

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    Noun

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    dagur m (genitive singular dags, plural dagar)

    1. day, the time between sunrise and sunset
      allan dagin ― all day
      hvønn dag ― every day
      nú ein dagin ― the other day
    2. daylight
    3. (in the plural) life, lifetime
    4. consciousness

    Declension

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    Declension of dagur (m42)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative dagur dagurin dagar dagarnir
    accusative dag dagin dagar dagarnar
    dative degi degnum døgum døgunum
    genitive dags dagsins daga daganna

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

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    • (antonym(s) of “day”): nátt

    Hyponyms

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    Further reading

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    Icelandic

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-?
    Proto-Germanic *dagaz
    Old Norse dagr
    Icelandic dagur

      Inherited from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-.

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      Noun

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      dagur m (genitive singular dags, nominative plural dagar)

      1. a day
        Antonym: nótt
        • 2008 Rökkurró, Dagur þrjú, Það kólnar í kvöld...
          En áfram tóri ég og dagana tel
          But I live on and count the days
        • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)
          Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.
          And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
        • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)
          Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.
          God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

      Declension

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      Declension of dagur (masculine)
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative dagur dagurinn dagar dagarnir
      accusative dag daginn daga dagana
      dative degi deginum dögum dögunum
      genitive dags dagsins daga daganna

      Derived terms

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      Derived terms

      References

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      • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “dagur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
      • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “dagur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
      • Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
      • “dagur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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