dýggj

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse dý, which is related to dýja (“to shake”); cognates include Icelandic dý.

Noun

dýggj n (genitive singular dýs, uncountable)

1. bog, marsh, quagmire

Declension

n16s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dýggj	dýggið
Accusative	dýggj	dýggið
Dative	dýggi/ dýggj	dýgginum/ dýnum
Genitive	dýs	dýsins

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dujan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107