taug

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰøyːɣ/
    Rhymes: -øyːɣ

Noun

taug f (genitive singular taugar, nominative plural taugar)

  1. rope, line, cable
  2. nerve

Declension
declension of taug
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative taug taugin taugar taugarnar
accusative taug taugina taugar taugarnar
dative taug tauginni taugum taugunum
genitive taugar taugarinnar tauga tauganna

Derived terms
  • brjósttaug
  • sjóntaug (“optic nerve”)
  • skyntaug (“sensory nerve”)
  • taugalæknir (“neurologist”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • (Setesdal) IPA(key): [ta̝u̯ːɡ]
  • (Vikværsk) IPA(key): /tæʉː/, /tæʋː/
  • IPA(key): /tœʉːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

taug (definite singular taugi, indefinite plural tauger, definite plural taugene)

  1. (nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of tau

Etymology 2

From earlier and Old Norse tog (“rope”), from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

taug

  1. (dialectal, Setesdal, Vikværsk) a rope

See also

tog, tau (Nynorsk)

Adjective

taug (neuter taugt, definite singular and plural tauge, comparative taugare, indefinite superlative taugast, definite superlative taugaste)

  1. slowish

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

taug f (genitive taugar)

  1. string, rope

Declension
  Declension of taug (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative taug taugin taugar taugarnar
accusative taug taugina taugar taugarnar
dative taug tauginni taugum taugunum
genitive taugar taugarinnar tauga tauganna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: taug

References
  • “taug”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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