Answering to Faroese vagga, Norwegian vagge, Swedish vagga. Compare English wag and German wacken.
vagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaggaði, supine vaggað)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vagga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
vaggað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vaggandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég vagga | við vöggum | present (nútíð) |
ég vaggi | við vöggum |
| þú vaggar | þið vaggið | þú vaggir | þið vaggið | ||
| hann, hún, það vaggar | þeir, þær, þau vagga | hann, hún, það vaggi | þeir, þær, þau vaggi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaði | við vögguðum | past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaði | við vögguðum |
| þú vaggaðir | þið vögguðuð | þú vaggaðir | þið vögguðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það vaggaði | þeir, þær, þau vögguðu | hann, hún, það vaggaði | þeir, þær, þau vögguðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
vagga (þú) | vaggið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| vaggaðu | vaggiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vaggast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
vaggast | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vaggandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég vaggast | við vöggumst | present (nútíð) |
ég vaggist | við vöggumst |
| þú vaggast | þið vaggist | þú vaggist | þið vaggist | ||
| hann, hún, það vaggast | þeir, þær, þau vaggast | hann, hún, það vaggist | þeir, þær, þau vaggist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaðist | við vögguðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég vaggaðist | við vögguðumst |
| þú vaggaðist | þið vögguðust | þú vaggaðist | þið vögguðust | ||
| hann, hún, það vaggaðist | þeir, þær, þau vögguðust | hann, hún, það vaggaðist | þeir, þær, þau vögguðust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
vaggast (þú) | vaggist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| vaggastu | vaggisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
From Old Norse vagga (“cradle”), from the verb. Cognate with Faroese vøgga, Norwegian Nynorsk vogge, Swedish vagga, Danish vugge.
vagga f (genitive singular vöggu, nominative plural vöggur)
vagga (present tense vaggar, past tense vagga, past participle vagga, passive infinitive vaggast, present participle vaggande, imperative vagga/vagg)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
vagga f (genitive vǫggu)
Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group”).
vagga m
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | vaggo | vaggā |
| Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vagge |
| Instrumental (third) | vaggena | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ | vaggānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | vaggassa | vaggānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge | vaggesu |
| Vocative (calling) | vagga | vaggā |
Inherited from Sanskrit व्यग्र (vyagra).
vagga
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | vaggo | vaggā |
| Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vagge |
| Instrumental (third) | vaggena | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ | vaggānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | vaggassa | vaggānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge | vaggesu |
| Vocative (calling) | vagga | vaggā |
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | vaggā | vaggāyo or vaggā |
| Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vaggāyo or vaggā |
| Instrumental (third) | vaggāya | vaggāhi or vaggābhi |
| Dative (fourth) | vaggāya | vaggānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | vaggāya | vaggāhi or vaggābhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | vaggāya | vaggānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | vaggāya or vaggāyaṃ | vaggāsu |
| Vocative (calling) | vagge | vaggāyo or vaggā |
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | vaggaṃ | vaggāni |
| Accusative (second) | vaggaṃ | vaggāni |
| Instrumental (third) | vaggena | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃ | vaggānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggā | vaggehi or vaggebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | vaggassa | vaggānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vagge | vaggesu |
| Vocative (calling) | vagga | vaggāni |
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vagga c
| Declension of vagga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vagga | vaggan | vaggor | vaggorna |
| Genitive | vaggas | vaggans | vaggors | vaggornas |
vagga (present vaggar, preterite vaggade, supine vaggat, imperative vagga)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | vagga | vaggas | ||
| Supine | vaggat | vaggats | ||
| Imperative | vagga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | vaggen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | vaggar | vaggade | vaggas | vaggades |
| Ind. plural1 | vagga | vaggade | vaggas | vaggades |
| Subjunctive2 | vagge | vaggade | vagges | vaggades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | vaggande | |||
| Past participle | vaggad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||