dyggð

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

dygð

Etymology

From Old Norse dygð (“virtue”) (cognate with Norwegian, Swedish dygd, Danish dyd), from Proto-Germanic *dugiþō, a variant of *dugunþō; compare English douth, German Tugend, Dutch deugd.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɪɣð/
Rhymes: -ɪɣð

Noun

dyggð f (genitive singular dyggðar, nominative plural dyggðir)

virtue

Declension

Declension of dyggð (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyggð	dyggðin	dyggðir	dyggðirnar
accusative	dyggð	dyggðina	dyggðir	dyggðirnar
dative	dyggð	dyggðinni	dyggðum	dyggðunum
genitive	dyggðar	dyggðarinnar	dyggða	dyggðanna

References

Icelandic Web of Science: Hvort tveggja má rita dygð og dyggð. Hvort er "réttara" og hvers vegna? (“Both dygð and dyggð are correct, but which is more correct and why?”)

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