duga
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse duga (“to help, to suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”)[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuːwa/
- Rhymes: -uːwa
Verb
duga (third person singular past indicative dugdi, third person plural past indicative dugdu, supine dugað)
- to know how to
Conjugation
v-25 | ||||
infinitive | duga | |||
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present participle | dugandi | |||
past participle a6 | dugaður | |||
supine | dugað | |||
number | singular | plural | ||
person | first | second | third | all |
indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
present | dugi | dugir | dugir | duga |
past | dugdi | dugdi | dugdi | dugdu |
imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
present | — | duga! | — | dugið! |
Further reading
- Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʏːɣa/
- Rhymes: -ʏːɣa
Verb
duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugir) or
duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugaði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugar)
- to suffice, to be enough, to do the trick
- Þetta dugir mér.
- This is enough for me.
- Mig vantar blað.. Þetta umslag dugar alveg.
- I need a piece of paper.. This old envelope will do the trick!
- to be fit
Synonyms
- (to suffice): nægja
Derived terms
- duga til (“to be good for”)
- duga eða drepast (“to do or die”)
- nú er að duga eða drepast
Indonesian
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʉːɡa/ (example of pronunciation)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe, from the root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).
Verb
duga (singular past indicative dugði, plural past indicative dugðu, past participle dugat)
- to help, aid
- to do, suffice
- hefir oss þó dugat þessi átrúnaðr
- but this faith has served us well
- fátt er svá illt at einugi dugi
- few things are utterly useless
- mun þér eigi þat duga at sofa hér
- it will not do (is not safe) for thee to sleep here
- to show prowess, do good service
- dugði hverr sem hann mátti
- everyone did his best
- to suffice, be strong enough
- ef vitni duga
- if the witness fail not
Declension
infinitive | duga | |
---|---|---|
present participle | dugandi | |
past participle | dugaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | dugi | dugða |
2nd-person singular | dugir | dugðir |
3rd-person singular | dugir | dugði |
1st-person plural | dugum | dugðum |
2nd-person plural | dugið | dugðuð |
3rd-person plural | duga | dugðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | duga | dygða |
2nd-person singular | dugir | dygðir |
3rd-person singular | dugi | dygði |
1st-person plural | dugim | dygðim |
2nd-person plural | dugið | dygðið |
3rd-person plural | dugi | dygði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | dug | |
1st-person plural | dugum | |
2nd-person plural | dugið |
infinitive | dugask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | dugandisk | |
past participle | dugazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | dugumk | dugðumk |
2nd-person singular | dugisk | dugðisk |
3rd-person singular | dugisk | dugðisk |
1st-person plural | dugumsk | dugðumsk |
2nd-person plural | dugizk | dugðuzk |
3rd-person plural | dugask | dugðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | dugumk | dygðumk |
2nd-person singular | dugisk | dygðisk |
3rd-person singular | dugisk | dygðisk |
1st-person plural | dugimsk | dygðimsk |
2nd-person plural | dugizk | dygðizk |
3rd-person plural | dugisk | dygðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | dugsk | |
1st-person plural | dugumsk | |
2nd-person plural | dugizk |
Derived terms
- dugnaðr m
Descendants
References
- duga in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish dugha, from Old Norse duga, from Proto-Germanic *duganą. The (formerly) colloquial strong declension mirrors the declensions of words like suga and ljuga.
Pronunciation
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Verb
duga (present duger, preterite dugde or dög, supine dugt or dugit, imperative dug)
- suffice, be good (or skilled) enough; be acceptable; be useful for
- Om den dög åt din syster, så duger den åt dig.
- If it was good enough for your sister, then it'll be good enough for you.
- Den här duger ingenting till.
- This is good for nothing.