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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse dý, which is related to dýja (“to shake”); cognates include Icelandic dý.
Noun
dýggj n (genitive singular dýs, uncountable)
- bog, marsh, quagmire
Declension
| n16s
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Singular
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Indefinite
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Definite
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| Nominative
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dýggj
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dýggið
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| Accusative
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dýggj
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dýggið
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| Dative
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dýggi/
dýggj
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dýgginum/
dýnum
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| Genitive
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dýs
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dýsins
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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