dug

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dŭg, IPA^(key): /dʌɡ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡ
• Homophone: Doug

Etymology 1

Verb

dug

1. simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)

Etymology 2

From earlier dugge ("pap, teat"; compare also English dialectal ducky, dukky (“the female breast”)), apparently connected to Danish dægge (“to suckle”), Swedish dägga (“to suck”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”). More at doe. Compare doug

Noun

dug (plural dugs)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     He did comply with his dug before he sucked it.

   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     First Pig.
     I suck, but no milk will come from the dug.

Translations

mammary gland on domestic mammal

• Bulgarian: цицка (cicka), бозка (bg) (bozka)
• French: têton, mamelle (fr)
• Spanish: teta (es)
• Ukrainian: дійка f (dijka)

Anagrams

• UDG, gud

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dǫgg (“dew”), from Proto-Germanic *dawwō, *dawwaz (“dew”), cognate with Swedish dagg, English dew, German Tau (“dew”), Dutch dauw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duɡ/, [ˈd̥uɡ̊]

Noun

dug c (singular definite duggen, not used in plural form)

1. dew

Declension

Declension of dug

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dug	duggen
genitive	dugs	duggens

References

• “dug,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German dūk, dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz, cognate with German Tuch, Dutch doek (Old Norse dúkr is also borrowed from Low German).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːˀ/, [ˈd̥uˀ]

Noun

dug c (singular definite dugen, plural indefinite duge)

1. tablecloth (a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table)
2. a piece of canvas or cloth
3. a piece of bunting (material from which flags are made)

Declension

Declension of dug

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dug	dugen	duge	dugene
genitive	dugs	dugens	duges	dugenes

Derived terms

terms derived from "dug"

• damaskdug c
• damaskesdug c
• dugedrejl n
• flagdug c
• kammerdug c
• lysedug c
• netteldug c, n
• olmerdug c
• ravndug c
• sejldug c
• teltdug c
• voksdug c

References

• “dug,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tuŋke-. Cognate with Finnish tunkea, Erzya [script needed] (tongoms).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduɡ]
• Rhymes: -uɡ

Verb

dug

1. (transitive) to stick, tuck, insert, push in (into something: -ba/-be)

   Synonym: illeszt

2. (transitive) to hide, conceal (into some place: lative suffixes)

   Synonym: (literary) rejt

3. (transitive, intransitive, informal) to have sex

   Synonyms: szexel, kefél

Conjugation

conjugation of dug

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dugok	dugsz	dug	dugunk	dugtok	dugnak
		Def.	dugom	dugod	dugja	dugjuk	dugjátok	dugják
		2nd-p. o.	duglak	―
	Past	Indef.	dugtam	dugtál	dugott	dugtunk	dugtatok	dugtak
		Def.	dugtam	dugtad	dugta	dugtuk	dugtátok	dugták
		2nd-p. o.	dugtalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dugnék	dugnál	dugna	dugnánk	dugnátok	dugnának
		Def.	dugnám	dugnád	dugná	dugnánk (or dugnók)	dugnátok	dugnák
		2nd-p. o.	dugnálak	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dugjak	dugj or dugjál	dugjon	dugjunk	dugjatok	dugjanak
		Def.	dugjam	dugd or dugjad	dugja	dugjuk	dugjátok	dugják
		2nd-p. o.	dugjalak	―
Infinitive	dugni		dugnom	dugnod	dugnia	dugnunk	dugnotok	dugniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			dugás	dugó	dugott	dugandó	dugva	dughat

Derived terms

• dugasz
• dugaszol
• dugít
• dugó
• dugul
• dugvány

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• átdug
• bedug
• eldug
• feldug
• földug
• kidug
• ledug
• megdug
• odadug
• összedug
• rádug
• visszadug

Expressions

• homokba dugja a fejét

 

Further reading

• dug in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dug in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Middle English

Noun

dug

1. (rare, Early Middle English) Alternative form of duk (“duke”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

dug

1. imperative of duga

Scots

Alternative forms

• duggie (diminutive)

Etymology

From Old English docga (“hound, powerful breed of dog”). Cognate with English dog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌɡ/

Noun

dug (plural dugs)

1. dog.

Verb

dug (third-person singular simple present dugs, present participle duggin, simple past duggit, past participle duggit)

1. To stand up to; to outlast.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dъlgъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dûːɡ/

Noun

dȗg m (Cyrillic spelling ду̑г)

1. debt

Declension

Declension of dug

	singular	plural
nominative	dȗg	dȕgovi
genitive	duga	dugova
dative	dugu	dugovima
accusative	dug	dugove
vocative	duže	dugovi
locative	dugu	dugovima
instrumental	dugom	dugovima

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *dьlgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dílˀgas. Cognate with Czech dlouhý.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dûɡ/

Adjective

dȕg (definite dȕgī, comparative dȕžī, Cyrillic spelling ду̏г)

2. long

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dug	duga	dugo
genitive		duga	duge	duga
dative		dugu	dugoj	dugu
accusative	inanimate animate	dug duga	dugu	dugo
vocative		dug	duga	dugo
locative		dugu	dugoj	dugu
instrumental		dugim	dugom	dugim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dugi	duge	duga
genitive		dugih	dugih	dugih
dative		dugim(a)	dugim(a)	dugim(a)
accusative		duge	duge	duga
vocative		dugi	duge	duga
locative		dugim(a)	dugim(a)	dugim(a)
instrumental		dugim(a)	dugim(a)	dugim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dugi	duga	dugo
genitive		dugog(a)	duge	dugog(a)
dative		dugom(u/e)	dugoj	dugom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	dugi dugog(a)	dugu	dugo
vocative		dugi	duga	dugo
locative		dugom(e/u)	dugoj	dugom(e/u)
instrumental		dugim	dugom	dugim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dugi	duge	duga
genitive		dugih	dugih	dugih
dative		dugim(a)	dugim(a)	dugim(a)
accusative		duge	duge	duga
vocative		dugi	duge	duga
locative		dugim(a)	dugim(a)	dugim(a)
instrumental		dugim(a)	dugim(a)	dugim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		duži	duža	duže
genitive		dužeg(a)	duže	dužeg(a)
dative		dužem(u)	dužoj	dužem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	duži dužeg(a)	dužu	duže
vocative		duži	duža	duže
locative		dužem(u)	dužoj	dužem(u)
instrumental		dužim	dužom	dužim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		duži	duže	duža
genitive		dužih	dužih	dužih
dative		dužim(a)	dužim(a)	dužim(a)
accusative		duže	duže	duža
vocative		duži	duže	duža
locative		dužim(a)	dužim(a)	dužim(a)
instrumental		dužim(a)	dužim(a)	dužim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najduži	najduža	najduže
genitive		najdužeg(a)	najduže	najdužeg(a)
dative		najdužem(u)	najdužoj	najdužem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najduži najdužeg(a)	najdužu	najduže
vocative		najduži	najduža	najduže
locative		najdužem(u)	najdužoj	najdužem(u)
instrumental		najdužim	najdužom	najdužim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najduži	najduže	najduža
genitive		najdužih	najdužih	najdužih
dative		najdužim(a)	najdužim(a)	najdužim(a)
accusative		najduže	najduže	najduža
vocative		najduži	najduže	najduža
locative		najdužim(a)	najdužim(a)	najdužim(a)
instrumental		najdužim(a)	najdužim(a)	najdužim(a)

Sumerian

Romanization

dug

1. Romanization of 𒂁 (dug)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉːɡ

Verb

dug

1. imperative of duga

Anagrams

• Gud, gud

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɨːɡ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /diːɡ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English duk, itself a borrowing from Old French duc, from Latin dux.

Noun

dug m (plural dugiaid, feminine duges)

1. duke

Derived terms

• dugiaeth (“dukedom; duchy”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of dwyn (“to steal”).

Verb

dug

1. (obsolete, literary) third-person singular past of dwyn

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dug	ddug	nug	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dug”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English dogge, from Old English docga.

Noun

dug (plural duggès or duges)

1. dog

Derived terms

• dugged

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 36