dagur

See also: Dagur

Faroese

Etymology

  • Inherited from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtɛaːvʊɹ/
    • Rhymes: -ɛaːvʊɹ
    • Homophone: Dagur

    Noun

    dagur m (genitive singular dags, plural dagar)

    1. day, the time between sunrise and sunset
    2. daylight
    3. day, 24 hours
    4. (in the plural) life, lifetime
    5. consciousness

    Declension

    Declension of dagur (m42)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative dagur dagurin dagar dagarnir
    accusative dag dagin dagar dagarnar
    dative degi degnum døgum døgunum
    genitive dags dagsins daga daganna

    Synonyms

    • (daylight): dagsljós, dagslýsi
    • (24 hours): samdøgur
    • (lifetime): lív, lívstíð, æviskeið
    • (consciousness): vit, tilvitska

    Antonyms

    • (antonym(s) of day): nátt

    Hyponyms

    Further reading

    Icelandic

    Etymology

  • Inherited from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtaːɣʏr/
      Rhymes: -aːɣʏr

    Noun

    dagur m (genitive singular dags, nominative plural dagar)

    1. a day
      Antonym: nótt
      • 2008 Rökkurró, Dagur þrjú, Það kólnar í kvöld...
        En áfram tóri ég og dagana tel
        But I live on and count the days
      • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)
        Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.
        And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
      • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)
        Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.
        God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

    Declension

    Declension of dagur (masculine)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative dagur dagurinn dagar dagarnir
    accusative dag daginn daga dagana
    dative degi deginum dögum dögunum
    genitive dags dagsins daga daganna

    Derived terms

    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), “dagur”, 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
    • “dagur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)