ryg

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hryggr, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with English ridge and German Rücken (“back”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

Noun

ryg c (singular definite ryggen, plural indefinite rygge)

  1. back
  2. spine
  3. ridge
Inflection
Declension of ryg
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ryg ryggen rygge ryggene
genitive rygs ryggens rygges ryggenes

References

“ryg” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

Verb

ryg

  1. imperative of ryge

Welsh

Noun

ryg

  1. Soft mutation of rhyg.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhyg ryg unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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