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

Adjective

víg (comparative vígabb, superlative legvígabb)

  1. joyful, happy

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

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • vigadoz
  • vigalom

(Compound words):

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →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
n-s 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

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

víg n

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

Descendants
  • Faroese: víggj n, víg n
  • Icelandic: víg n
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