vagga

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvakːa/
    Rhymes: -akːa

Etymology 1

Answering to Faroese vagga, Norwegian vagge, Swedish vagga. Compare English wag and German wacken.

Verb

vagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaggaði, supine vaggað)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to move (something) back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
  2. (intransitive) to move back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock
Conjugation
vagga — active voice (germynd)
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.
vaggast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
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.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vagga (“cradle”), from the verb. Cognate with Faroese vøgga, Norwegian Nynorsk vogge, Swedish vagga, Danish vugge.

Noun

vagga f (genitive singular vöggu, nominative plural vöggur)

  1. cradle
Declension
declension of vagga
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vagga vaggan vöggur vöggurnar
accusative vöggu vögguna vöggur vöggurnar
dative vöggu vöggunni vöggum vöggunum
genitive vöggu vöggunnar vagga vagganna
Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk
FWOTD – 27 June 2017

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vaga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ʋɑɡːɑ/

Verb

vagga (present tense vaggar, past tense vagga, past participle vagga, passive infinitive vaggast, present participle vaggande, imperative vagga/vagg)

  1. to waddle, to rock, to sway

References

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

vagga f (genitive vǫggu)

  1. cradle

Declension
  Declension of vagga (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vagga vaggan vǫggur vǫggurnar
accusative vǫggu vǫgguna vǫggur vǫggurnar
dative vǫggu vǫggunni vǫggum vǫggunum
genitive vǫggu vǫggunnar vaggna vaggnanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: vagga
  • Faroese: vagga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vogge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vugge
  • Swedish: vagga
  • Danish: vugge

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

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑀕𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
  • वग्ग (Devanagari script)
  • ৰগ্গ (Bengali script)
  • වග‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝဂ္ဂ or ဝၷ္ၷ or ဝၷ်ၷ (Burmese script)
  • วคฺค or วัคคะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅᨣ᩠ᨣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວຄ຺ຄ or ວັຄຄະ (Lao script)
  • វគ្គ (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄉𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group”).

Noun

vagga m

  1. company
  2. section (e.g. of a book)
  3. group
  4. (grammar) group of consonants with a property in common, such as place of articulation
Declension
Declension table of "vagga" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vaggovaggā
Accusative (second)vaggaṃvagge
Instrumental (third)vaggenavaggehi or vaggebhi
Dative (fourth)vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃvaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggāvaggehi or vaggebhi
Genitive (sixth)vaggassavaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vaggevaggesu
Vocative (calling)vaggavaggā
Descendants
  • → Burmese: ဝဂ် (wag)
  • → Khmer: វគ្គ (vĕək)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit व्यग्र (vyagra).

Adjective

vagga

  1. separated
  2. incomplete
  3. dissentious
Declension
Declension table of "vagga" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vaggovaggā
Accusative (second)vaggaṃvagge
Instrumental (third)vaggenavaggehi or vaggebhi
Dative (fourth)vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃvaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggāvaggehi or vaggebhi
Genitive (sixth)vaggassavaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vaggevaggesu
Vocative (calling)vaggavaggā
Declension table of "vaggā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vaggāvaggāyo or vaggā
Accusative (second)vaggaṃvaggāyo or vaggā
Instrumental (third)vaggāyavaggāhi or vaggābhi
Dative (fourth)vaggāyavaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vaggāyavaggāhi or vaggābhi
Genitive (sixth)vaggāyavaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vaggāya or vaggāyaṃvaggāsu
Vocative (calling)vaggevaggāyo or vaggā
Declension table of "vagga" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vaggaṃvaggāni
Accusative (second)vaggaṃvaggāni
Instrumental (third)vaggenavaggehi or vaggebhi
Dative (fourth)vaggassa or vaggāya or vaggatthaṃvaggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vaggasmā or vaggamhā or vaggāvaggehi or vaggebhi
Genitive (sixth)vaggassavaggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vaggasmiṃ or vaggamhi or vaggevaggesu
Vocative (calling)vaggavaggāni

Swedish

Pronunciation
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Noun

vagga c

  1. a cradle; a bed for a baby that can be oscillating or swinging back and forth
  2. a cradle; the place where something has its origin

Declension
Declension of vagga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vagga vaggan vaggor vaggorna
Genitive vaggas vaggans vaggors vaggornas

Verb

vagga (present vaggar, preterite vaggade, supine vaggat, imperative vagga)

  1. to cradle, to rock (a baby to sleep)
  2. to rock, to move gently back and forth

Conjugation
Conjugation of vagga (weak)
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.

See also
  • gunga (“swing, rock, sway”) (larger movements)
  • vyssja (“lull”)

References
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