digur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse digr, from Proto-Germanic *digraz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

digur (comparative digrari or digurri, superlative digrastur)

  1. stout, fat, thick
    Synonyms: sver, feitur, gildur

Declension

positive forms of digur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative digur digur digurt
accusative digran digra
dative digrum digurri digru
genitive digurs digurrar digurs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative digrir digrar digur
accusative digra
dative digrum
genitive digurra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative digri digra digra
acc/dat/gen digra digru
plural (all-case) digru
comparative forms of digur
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) digrari, digurri digrari, digurri digrara, digurra
plural (all-case) digrari, digurri
superlative forms of digur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative digrastur digrust digrast
accusative digrastan digrasta
dative digrustum digrastri digrustu
genitive digrasts digrastrar digrasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative digrastir digrastar digrust
accusative digrasta
dative digrustum
genitive digrastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative digrasti digrasta digrasta
acc/dat/gen digrasta digrustu
plural (all-case) digrustu

Derived terms

  • digurð (“corpulence, stoutness”)

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “digur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “digur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
  • “digur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)
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