kvíga
See also: kviga
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse kvíga. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål kvige, Norwegian Nynorsk kvige, Danish kvie, Swedish kviga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kvíga f (genitive singular kvígu, plural kvígur)
Declension
[edit]| f1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kvíga | kvígan | kvígur | kvígurnar |
| accusative | kvígu | kvíguna | kvígur | kvígurnar |
| dative | kvígu | kvíguni | kvígum | kvígunum |
| genitive | kvígu | kvígunnar | kvíga | kvíganna |
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse kvíga. Cognate with also Danish kvie, Norwegian Bokmål kvige, Norwegian Nynorsk kvige and Swedish kviga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kvíga f (genitive singular kvígu, nominative plural kvígur)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kvíga | kvígan | kvígur | kvígurnar |
| accusative | kvígu | kvíguna | kvígur | kvígurnar |
| dative | kvígu | kvígunni | kvígum | kvígunum |
| genitive | kvígu | kvígunnar | kvígna, kvíga | kvígnanna, kvíganna |
References
[edit]- “kvíga” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *kūīgǭ (“cow”),[1][2] from *kōz ~ *kūiz (“cow”) + *-gǭ.[3]
Noun
[edit]kvíga f (genitive kvígu, plural kvígur)
Declension
[edit]| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kvíga | kvígan | kvígur | kvígurnar |
| accusative | kvígu | kvíguna | kvígur | kvígurnar |
| dative | kvígu | kvígunni | kvígum | kvígunum |
| genitive | kvígu | kvígunnar | kvígna | kvígnanna |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: kvíga
- Faroese: kvíga
- Norwegian Bokmål: kvige
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvige
- Swedish: kviga
- Danish: kvie
- → Middle English: cwīe
- → Scots: kweg (Shetland)
- → Northern Sami: guiggo
References
[edit]- ^ Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “kvíga”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 338.
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “kvíga”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 527 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- ^ Griepentrog, Wolfgang (1995), “urgerm. *kwīgō(n)-”, in Die Wurzelnomina des Germanischen und ihre Vorgeschichte (in German), volume 82, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 235
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- Rhymes:Faroese/ʊiːja
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- fo:Cattle
- fo:Female animals
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/iːɣa
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- Icelandic lemmas
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- is:Cattle
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- non:Cattle
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