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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse nóg, gnóg; derived from the adjective nógur (Old Norse nógr, gnógr).
Adverb
nóg
- enough, to a sufficient degree
Barnið sefur ekki nóg.- The child doesn't sleep enough.
- plenty, to a considerable degree
Gott er að ganga og hreyfa sig nóg.- It's good to walk and get plenty of exercise (lit. to move plenty).
Etymology 2
Inflected form; see the etymology at the entry for the dictionary form, nógur.
Adjective
nóg
- indefinite neuter singular nominative of nógur
Þetta er alls ekki nóg!- This is not enough at all!
- indefinite neuter singular accusative of nógur
Hún hefur nóg á sinni könnu í bili.- She has enough on her plate for now.
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse nóg, gnóg.
Pronunciation
Adverb
nog
- (dialectal, Setesdalsk) alternative form of nog (“enough”)
- (nonstandard) alternative spelling of nog (“enough”)
References
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly borrowed from Czech noh, or inherited from Proto-Slavic ultimately from Proto-Slavic *jьnogъ. First attested in 1528. Displaced by gryf.
Noun
nóg m animal
- (obsolete) griffin
- Synonym: gryf
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
nóg f
- genitive plural of noga
References
Further reading
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “nóg”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “nóg”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nóg, noh”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 422