víg

See also: vig

Hungarian

Etymology

The root is of unknown origin and it may be a cognate of vidul (to brighten).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviːɡ]
  • Hyphenation: víg
  • Rhymes: -iːɡ

Adjective

víg (comparative vígabb, superlative legvígabb)

  1. (literary) joyful, happy
    Synonyms: boldog, hu, vidám

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative víg vígak
accusative vígat vígakat
dative vígnak vígaknak
instrumental víggal vígakkal
causal-final vígért vígakért
translative víggá vígakká
terminative vígig vígakig
essive-formal vígként vígakként
essive-modal
inessive vígban vígakban
superessive vígon vígakon
adessive vígnál vígaknál
illative vígba vígakba
sublative vígra vígakra
allative víghoz vígakhoz
elative vígból vígakból
delative vígról vígakról
ablative vígtól vígaktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
vígé vígaké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
vígéi vígakéi

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ víg in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • víg in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse víg, from Proto-Germanic *wīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viːɣ/

Noun

víg n (genitive singular vígs, nominative plural víg)

  1. slaying, killing
    Synonym: dráp

Declension

Declension of víg (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative víg vígið víg vígin
accusative víg vígið víg vígin
dative vígi víginu vígum vígunum
genitive vígs vígsins víga víganna

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Noun

víg n (genitive vígs, plural víg)

  1. fight; battle
  2. homicide; murder; manslaughter

Declension

Declension of víg (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative víg vígit víg vígin
accusative víg vígit víg vígin
dative vígi víginu vígum vígunum
genitive vígs vígsins víga víganna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Faroese: víggj n, víg n
  • Icelandic: víg n
  • Old Swedish: vigh, vighe
  • Old Norse: einvígi