sugga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sugga f (definite singular sugga, indefinite plural sugger or suggor, definite plural suggene or suggone)

1. definite singular of sugge
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of sugge

Old English

Noun

sugga m

1. alternative form of suċġa

Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sugō; compare Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, West Frisian sûch, English sow, Norwegian sugge; compare also Faroese súgv. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂kéh₂, from *sū-.

Noun

sugga c

1. a sow (female pig)
2. (informal) a Jersey barrier (modular traffic barrier – from (imagined) resemblance to a sow)

   Synonym: betongsugga

Declension

Declension of sugga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sugga	suggas
	definite	suggan	suggans
plural	indefinite	suggor	suggors
	definite	suggorna	suggornas

Synonyms

• so

Derived terms

• mörksugga (“a supernatural being”)

References

• “sugga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sugga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sugga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)