dyggð

Icelandic

Alternative forms

dygð

Etymology

From Old Norse dygð (“virtue”) (cognate with Norwegian, Swedish dygd, Danish dyd), from Proto-Germanic *dugiþō, a variant of *dugunþō; compare English douth, German Tugend, Dutch deugd.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɪɣð/
Rhymes: -ɪɣð

Noun

dyggð f (genitive singular dyggðar, nominative plural dyggðir)

virtue

Declension

declension of dyggð

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s2	singular		plural
nominative	dyggð	dyggðin	dyggðir	dyggðirnar
accusative	dyggð	dyggðina	dyggðir	dyggðirnar
dative	dyggð	dyggðinni	dyggðum	dyggðunum
genitive	dyggðar	dyggðarinnar	dyggða	dyggðanna

References

Icelandic Web of Science: Hvort tveggja má rita dygð og dyggð. Hvort er "réttara" og hvers vegna? (“Both dygð and dyggð are correct, but which is more correct and why?”)

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