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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish bygd, Old Norse byggð, a derivation from Old Norse byggva, byggja (“to build, dwell”) (cf. Danish bygge). In modern Danish, the noun has been reintroduced from Norwegian.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bygd
- small, remote collection of houses, especially on Greenland or the Faroe Islands; a settlement
Declension
[edit]Declension of bygd
See also
[edit]Faroese
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Noun
[edit]bygd f (genitive singular bygdar, plural bygdir)
Usage notes
[edit]There's no distinction between a village and a hamlet in Faroese.
Declension
[edit]Declension of bygd | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bygd | bygdin | bygdir | bygdirnar |
accusative | bygd | bygdina | bygdir | bygdirnar |
dative | bygd | bygdini | bygdum | bygdunum |
genitive | bygdar | bygdarinnar | bygda | bygdanna |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]bygd
- feminine nominative singular past participle of byggja
- neuter nominative plural past participle of byggja
- neuter accusative plural past participle of byggja
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bygd f or m (definite singular bygda or bygden, indefinite plural bygder, definite plural bygdene)
- country district or settlement (which forms a topographical and usually administrative unit (parish, township))
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]bygd
- past participle of bygge
References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Noun
[edit]bygd f (plural bygder)
- country district or settlement (as above)
Declension
[edit] Declension of bygd (ō-stem)
Landsmål declension of bygd (ō-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]bygd
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “bygd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish byghþ, from Old Norse byggð, from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bygd c
Declension
[edit]Declension of bygd | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bygd | bygden | bygder | bygderna |
Genitive | bygds | bygdens | bygders | bygdernas |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- bygd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bygd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bygd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bygd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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