vagga
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Answering to Faroese vagga, Norwegian vagge, Swedish vagga. Compare English wag and German wacken.
Verb
vagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaggaði, supine vaggað)
- (transitive, with dative) to move (something) back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
- (intransitive) to move back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
Conjugation
vagga — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vagga | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
vaggað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vaggandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég vagga | við vöggum | present (nútíð) |
ég vaggi | við vöggum |
þú vaggar | þið vaggið | þú vaggir | þið vaggið | ||
hann, hún, það vaggar | þeir, þær, þau vagga | hann, hún, það vaggi | þeir, þær, þau vaggi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaði | við vögguðum | past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaði | við vögguðum |
þú vaggaðir | þið vögguðuð | þú vaggaðir | þið vögguðuð | ||
hann, hún, það vaggaði | þeir, þær, þau vögguðu | hann, hún, það vaggaði | þeir, þær, þau vögguðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
vagga (þú) | vaggið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
vaggaðu | vaggiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vaggast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
vaggast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vaggandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég vaggast | við vöggumst | present (nútíð) |
ég vaggist | við vöggumst |
þú vaggast | þið vaggist | þú vaggist | þið vaggist | ||
hann, hún, það vaggast | þeir, þær, þau vaggast | hann, hún, það vaggist | þeir, þær, þau vaggist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaðist | við vögguðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaðist | við vögguðumst |
þú vaggaðist | þið vögguðust | þú vaggaðist | þið vögguðust | ||
hann, hún, það vaggaðist | þeir, þær, þau vögguðust | hann, hún, það vaggaðist | þeir, þær, þau vögguðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
vaggast (þú) | vaggist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
vaggastu | vaggisti * | ||||
* 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)
Declension
declension of vagga
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
vagga (present tense vaggar, past tense vagga, past participle vagga, passive infinitive vaggast, present participle vaggande, imperative vagga/vagg)
- 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.
- Den unge kvinna vaggar tungt over golvet.
- 1977, Kjartan Fløgstad, Dalen Portland:
References
- “vagga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Noun
vagga c
- a cradle; a bed for a baby that can be oscillating or swinging back and forth
- a cradle; the place where something has its origin
Declension
Declension of vagga | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vagga | vaggan | vaggor | vaggorna |
Genitive | vaggas | vaggans | vaggors | vaggornas |
Verb
vagga (present vaggar, preterite vaggade, supine vaggat, imperative vagga)
Conjugation
Conjugation of vagga (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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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 |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | vaggande | |||
Past participle | vaggad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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