bygg
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse bygg, from Proto-Germanic *bewwą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪkː/
- Rhymes: -ɪkː
Declension
n9s | Singular | |
Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bygg | byggið |
Accusative | bygg | byggið |
Dative | byggi | bygginum |
Genitive | bygs | bygsins |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪkː/
- Rhymes: -ɪkː
Declension
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /byɡ/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /byɡ/
Derived terms
References
- “bygg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 2
From the verb bygge.
Derived terms
References
- “bygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- biugg — Old East Norse
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᛒᛖᚷᚹᚨ (*begwa /beggwa/), from Proto-Germanic *bewwą. Cognate with Old English bēow, Old Saxon beo, Old Frisian be.
Derived terms
- Byggvir (“one of Freyr's servants”)
Descendants
References
- “bygg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bygg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Swedish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 2
Back-formation from bygg- och anläggningsprogrammet.
Noun
bygg n
- (school slang) Short for bygg- och anläggningsprogrammet.
- Jag går bygg.
- I study at the construction programme
- (literally, “I go construction.”)
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