dagur

From Old Norse dagr (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛaːvʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːvʊɹ
• Homophone: Dagur

dagur m (genitive singular dags, plural dagar)

1. day, the time between sunrise and sunset
2. daylight
3. day, 24 hours
4. (pl) life, lifetime
5. consciousness

• (daylight): dagsljós, dagslýsi
• (24 hours): samdøgur
• (lifetime): lív, lívstíð, æviskeið
• (consciousness): vit, tilvitska

• (night): nátt

From Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːɣʏr/

  Rhymes: -aːɣʏr

dagur m (genitive singular dags, nominative plural dagar)

1. a day ^syn.
   • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)

     Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.

     And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

   • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)

     Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.

     God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

• (day): ^def. nótt