sog

See also: Sog, SOG, sög, sǫg, søg, and sog.

English

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin (compare Icelandic söggur (moist), dialectal Norwegian søgg (moist), dialectal Swedish sögg, sygg (something moist)), from Old Norse söggr (dank, wet), from Proto-Germanic *sawwijaz, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sawwą (moisture, sap, juice), related to Old English ġesēaw (full of moisture, soaked), Old English sēaw (moisture, juice, humour).[1] The verb is possibly related to soak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɒɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ
  • (file)

Noun

sog (plural sogs)

  1. Marsh-like land, bog-like land.

Verb

sog (third-person singular simple present sogs, present participle sogging, simple past and past participle sogged)

  1. (transitive) To soak, steep or saturate.
  2. (intransitive) To be soaked, steeped or saturated.

Derived terms

References

  1. sog in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zog or zoog, dialectal variants of zeug, from Middle Dutch soge, suege, from Old Dutch *soga, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂kéh₂, from *sū-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔχ/
  • (file)

Noun

sog (plural sôe)

  1. sow

German

Verb

sog

  1. First-person singular preterite of saugen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of saugen.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔːɣ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɣ

Noun

sog n (genitive singular sogs, no plural)

  1. suction

Declension

Anagrams


Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soɡ/

Noun

sog (plural sogs)

  1. society
  2. club
  3. organization

Declension

Derived terms

  • sogäd

See also

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