Dictionary:Dag

Nynorn

Etymology

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Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

*dag¹ [dag, dāg, (dāγ) dāχ], sb., day in the foll. phrases: a) goden (dogen) dag (dagh), good day! Fo.; *góðan dag; b) in the names of a series of holidays, mass-days, such as: Tammasmass-dag [dāg], St. Thomas’s day, the 21st of December; Todleses (Tollegsis, Toljegsis)-d., St. Thorlak’s day, the 23rd of December; jøl-d., Christmas day, — see further under apta, sb. Fo. A form, da [dā] is found preserved in Sa. in a few phrases, such as: “a da’s wark [‘work’]”, a day’s work; prob. L.Sc.; cf. L.Sc. da, daw, sb., = day. A pl. form “dea, day-a [dēa, dɛ̄a]” is handed down in the obs. phrase: dea leng(d)i, mogi sweng(d)i, as days grow longer, stomachs get hungrier (Fo.), see the verbal forms lengi and swengi; dea is a composite form, because “-a” represents the pl. ending “ar” in O.N. dagar, while “de-” is Eng. day. The word is found anglicised in the old compd. “day-set”, sb., the close of day, sunset, = O.N. dagsetr, n. — O.N. dagr, m., day. See the compds. dagalien (dagali), daga-light, dagdwälj, sb. and vb., daggri.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Noun

dag

1. day

Inflection

nm.s.1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dag	dagen	dagar	dagarne
Accusative	dag	dagen	daga	dagana
Dative	dagi	dagenon	dagon	dagonon
Genitive	dags	dagsens	daga	dagana

Synonyms

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