vag

See also: väg, vág, and våg

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of vagina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vædʒ/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ædʒ

Noun

vag (plural not attested)

1. (US slang, chiefly vulgar) vagina (or, informally, vulva)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of vagrant.

Verb

vag (third-person singular simple present vagg, present participle ing, simple past and past participle vagged)

1. (transitive, slang) To arrest somebody as a vagrant.
   • 2002, T. R. St. George, Clyde Strikes Back (page 250)

     But I seen on the TV it was colder'n a witch's tit here so I stayed. Stuck it out. Then I caught a freight and got vagged.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

vag (plural vags)

1. (UK, dated, dialect, Devon) turf used as fuel
   • 1983, Eric Hemery, High Dartmoor, Land and People, →ISBN, page 91:

     Localities where vags were cut are sometimes so named: e.g. Vag(s) Hill (Row Brook, Double Dart); Vag Hill (Glaze Brook, Avon).

   • 1984 October 5, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, “Course of proceedings”, in In the Matter of Gidleigh Common, Gidleigh, West Devon District, Devon‎^[1], page 5:

     They had not driven their ponies over the Unit Land; she had probably cut a vag from the Unit Land but this was done only in the presence of witnesses to determine whether those objecting were vigilant to stop any exercise of this right, and only on one occasion.

   • 1985 January 21, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, quoting Hutchings, Thomas, “4 Nattadon Road/28 Meldon Road”, in In the Matter of Chagford Common, Meldon Common, Nattadon Common, Padley Common, Weekbrook Down, Week Down, Steniel Down, and Jurston Green all in Chagford, West Devon District, Devon‎^[2], page 14:

     I first grazed ponies on Padley in 1932 and my ponies are grazing there still. I take bracken for the garden, rushes to cover my potato clam, bean sticks for the garden and I expect I am one of the few who still cut vags (peat) on common land for fuel.

Verb

1. (UK, archaic, dialect, Devon) To drag; to trail on the ground.
   • 1892, Sarah Hewett, The Peasant Speech of Devon‎^[3], page 140:

     Düee 'old up yer frock, an' not let 'n vag along like that; tha bottom aw'n 'll be tiffled out, and covered wi' mucks.

2. (UK, archaic, dialect, Devon) To bend; to give; to yield.
3. (UK, dated, dialect, Devon) To flap; to blow in the wind.
   • 1967, Henry Williamson, A Solitary War:

     Smoke immediately vagged about in the parlour chimney.

References

• Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[4], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 335

Anagrams

• Gav, VGA, avg.

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Danish

Etymology

From French vague

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːɡ/, [væːˀj], [væjˀ]

Adjective

vag

1. vague

Inflection

Inflection of vag
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	vag	vagere	vagest2
Indefinite neuter singular	vagt	vagere	vagest2
Plural	vage	vagere	vagest2
Definite attributive1	vage	vagere	vageste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) va'g

Etymology

Related to Finnish vako.

Noun

vag

1. furrow

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin vagus, via French vague

Adjective

vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagere, indefinite superlative vagest, definite superlative vageste)

1. vague

References

• “vag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin vagus, via French vague

Adjective

vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagare, indefinite superlative vagast, definite superlative vagaste)

1. vague

References

• “vag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vague, Latin vagus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɡ/

Adjective

vag m or n (feminine singular vagă, plural vagi)

1. vague

Declension

Declension of vag

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	vag		vagă	vagi	vagi
	definite	vagul		vaga	vagii	vagile
genitive/ dative	indefinite	vag		vagi	vagi	vagi
	definite	vagului		vagii	vagilor	vagilor

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Swedish

Etymology

From French vague, from Latin vagus (unsteady, wandering).

Adjective

vag (comparative vagare, superlative vagast)

1. vague

   själens subtilaste infall, dess vagaste föreställningar, dess flyktigaste drömmar

   the soul's most subtle inventions, its vaguest conceptions, its most volatile dreams

Declension

Inflection of vag
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vag	vagare	vagast
Neuter singular	vagt	vagare	vagast
Plural	vaga	vagare	vagast
Masculine plural3	vage	vagare	vagast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vage	vagare	vagaste
All	vaga	vagare	vagaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Synonyms

• diffus
• otydlig

Related terms

• vackla
• vagabond
• vagant
• vaghet

References

• vag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vag in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• gav

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Volapük

Noun

vag (nominative plural vags)

1. emptiness

Declension

declension of vag

	singular	plural
nominative	vag	vags
genitive	vaga	vagas
dative	vage	vages
accusative	vagi	vagis
vocative 1	o vag!	o vags!
predicative 2	vagu	vagus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only