vagga

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvak(ː)a]

  Rhymes: -akːa

Etymology 1

Answering to Faroese vagga, Norwegian vagge, Swedish vagga. Compare English wag, German wacken and Proto-Germanic *wagǭ.

Verb

vagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaggaði, supine vaggað)

1. to move (something) back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock [with dative]
2. (intransitive) to move back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock

Conjugation

vagga – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að vagga
supine sagnbót		vaggað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		vaggandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	vagga	vaggaði		vaggi	vaggaði
	þú	vaggar	vaggaðir		vaggir	vaggaðir
	hann, hún, það	vaggar	vaggaði		vaggi	vaggaði
plural	við	vöggum	vögguðum		vöggum	vögguðum
	þið	vaggið	vögguðuð		vaggið	vögguðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	vagga	vögguðu		vaggi	vögguðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	vagga (þú), vaggaðu
plural	þið	vaggið (þið), vaggiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vaggast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að vaggast
supine sagnbót		vaggast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		vaggandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	vaggast	vaggaðist		vaggist	vaggaðist
	þú	vaggast	vaggaðist		vaggist	vaggaðist
	hann, hún, það	vaggast	vaggaðist		vaggist	vaggaðist
plural	við	vöggumst	vögguðumst		vöggumst	vögguðumst
	þið	vaggist	vögguðust		vaggist	vögguðust
	þeir, þær, þau	vaggast	vögguðust		vaggist	vögguðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	vaggast (þú), vaggastu
plural	þið	vaggist (þið), vaggisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vagga (“cradle”), from the verb. Cognate with Faroese vøgga, Norwegian Nynorsk vogge, Swedish vagga, Danish vugge.

Noun

vagga f (genitive singular vöggu, nominative plural vöggur)

1. cradle

Declension

Declension of vagga (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vagga	vaggan	vöggur	vöggurnar
accusative	vöggu	vögguna	vöggur	vöggurnar
dative	vöggu	vöggunni	vöggum	vöggunum
genitive	vöggu	vöggunnar	vagga	vagganna

Derived terms

• vöggustofa

Further reading

• “vagga” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

FWOTD – 27 June 2017

Alternative forms

• vagge

Etymology

From Old Norse vaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑɡːɑ/

Verb

vagga (present tense vaggar, past tense vagga, past participle vagga, passive infinitive vaggast, present participle vaggande, imperative vagga/vagg)

1. to waddle, to rock, to sway
   • 1977, Kjartan Fløgstad, Dalen Portland:

     Den unge kvinna vaggar tungt over golvet.

     The young woman waddles heavily across the floor.

References

• “vagga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vagga f (genitive vǫggu)

1. cradle

Declension

Declension of vagga (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vagga	vaggan	vǫggur	vǫggurnar
accusative	vǫggu	vǫgguna	vǫggur	vǫggurnar
dative	vǫggu	vǫggunni	vǫggum	vǫggunum
genitive	vǫggu	vǫggunnar	vaggna	vaggnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: vagga
• Faroese: vagga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vogge
• Norwegian Bokmål: vogge, vugge
• Swedish: vagga
• Danish: vugge

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vagga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀕𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• वग्ग (Devanagari script)
• ৰগ্গ (Bengali script)
• වග‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• ဝဂ္ဂ or ဝၷ္ၷ or ဝၷ်ၷ (Burmese script)
• วคฺค or วัคคะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨣ᩠ᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຄ຺ຄ or ວັຄຄະ (Lao script)
• វគ្គ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄉𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group”).

Noun

vagga m

1. company
2. section (e.g. of a book)
3. group
4. (grammar) group of consonants with a property in common, such as place of articulation

Declension

Declension table of "vagga" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaggo	vaggā
Accusative (second)	vaggaṃ	vagge
Instrumental (third)	vaggena	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Dative (fourth)	vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ	vaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vaggassa	vaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge	vaggesu
Vocative (calling)	vagga	vaggā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဝဂ် (wag)
• → Khmer: វគ្គ (vĕək)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit व्यग्र (vyagra).

Adjective

vagga

1. separated
2. incomplete
3. dissentious

Declension

Declension table of "vagga" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaggo	vaggā
Accusative (second)	vaggaṃ	vagge
Instrumental (third)	vaggena	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Dative (fourth)	vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ	vaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vaggassa	vaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge	vaggesu
Vocative (calling)	vagga	vaggā

Declension table of "vaggā" (feminine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaggā	vaggāyo or vaggā
Accusative (second)	vaggaṃ	vaggāyo or vaggā
Instrumental (third)	vaggāya	vaggāhi or vaggābhi
Dative (fourth)	vaggāya	vaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vaggāya	vaggāhi or vaggābhi
Genitive (sixth)	vaggāya	vaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vaggāya or vaggāyaṃ	vaggāsu
Vocative (calling)	vagge	vaggāyo or vaggā

Declension table of "vagga" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaggaṃ	vaggāni
Accusative (second)	vaggaṃ	vaggāni
Instrumental (third)	vaggena	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Dative (fourth)	vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ	vaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā	vaggehi or vaggebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vaggassa	vaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge	vaggesu
Vocative (calling)	vagga	vaggāni

Swedish

en vagga

Pronunciation

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Noun

vagga c

1. a cradle (bed for a baby that can oscillate or swing back and forth)
2. (figuratively) a cradle (the place where something has its origin)

   civilisationens vagga

   the cradle of civilization

Declension

Declension of vagga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vagga	vaggas
	definite	vaggan	vaggans
plural	indefinite	vaggor	vaggors
	definite	vaggorna	vaggornas

See also

• linda

Verb

vagga (present vaggar, preterite vaggade, supine vaggat, imperative vagga)

1. to rock ((like) in a cradle, in a swaying motion), to cradle

   bli vaggad i en vagga

   be rocked in a cradle

   Vågorna vaggade oss till sömns

   The waves rocked us to sleep

   • 1932, Evert Taube, “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's Waltz]”‎^[1]:

     I Roslagens famn på den blommande ö, där vågorna klucka [old present tense plural, usually kluckar] mot strand, och vassarna vagga [old present tense plural, usually vaggar] och nyslaget hö, det doftar emot mig ibland.

     In Roslagen's embrace on the flowering island, where the waves lap ["cluck" – onomatopoeic] against shore [sic – indefinite], and the reeds sway [gently rock] and of freshly mown hay, it wafts [smells pleasantly, "scents"] towards me sometimes [sic].

   • 1970, “Kalle Teodor”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music)‎^[2]:

     I storm på Biskaya gick skeppet i kvav, skeppet han segla' [seglade], Kalle Teodor, och därför så vilar han nu i sin grav, vaggad av sjögräs, Kalle Teodor. Men en stormnatt kan du höra nån som ropar: Hej hå! Ifrån havets djup det kommer, och det låter så: Hej hå! Hej hå!

     In stormy weather in Biscay, the ship went down, the ship he was sailing, Kalle Teodor, and therefore he now rests in his grave, cradled ["rocked" (like in a cradle), but works as a translation] by seaweed, Kalle Teodor. But on a stormy night you can hear someone calling: Hey ho! From the ocean depths ["the sea's depth(s)" – intuitively "depth," though the plural is identical – singular is idiomatic in "dras ner i djupet" (be pulled into the depths [depth]), for example] it comes, and it sounds like that: Hey ho! Hey ho! [Or "and it sounds like so," but that is an idiomatic way of saying "and it sounds like that," whereas "and it sounds like this" would normally be put as "och det låter så här." The official lyrics have a colon.]

2. to rock (move gently back and forth (like a cradle))
   1. to waddle (of a duck or the like)

      Ankan vaggade iväg

      The duck waddled away

      vagg, vagg

      waddle, waddle [ad hoc deverbal]

Conjugation

Conjugation of vagga (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	vagga		vaggas
supine	vaggat		vaggats
imperative	vagga		—
imper. plural1	vaggen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vaggar	vaggade	vaggas	vaggades
ind. plural1	vagga	vaggade	vaggas	vaggades
subjunctive2	vagge	vaggade	vagges	vaggades
present participle		vaggande
past participle		vaggad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• vaggvisa

See also

• gunga (“swing, rock, sway”) (larger movements)
• vyssja (“lull”)

References

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