víg

See also: vig

Hungarian

Etymology

The root is of unknown origin and it may be a cognate of vidul (“to brighten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈviːɡ]
• Hyphenation: víg
• Rhymes: -iːɡ

Adjective

víg (comparative vígabb, superlative legvígabb)

1. joyful, happy

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	víg	vígak
accusative	vígat	vígakat
dative	vígnak	vígaknak
instrumental	víggal	vígakkal
causal-final	vígért	vígakért
translative	víggá	vígakká
terminative	vígig	vígakig
essive-formal	vígként	vígakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vígban	vígakban
superessive	vígon	vígakon
adessive	vígnál	vígaknál
illative	vígba	vígakba
sublative	vígra	vígakra
allative	víghoz	vígakhoz
elative	vígból	vígakból
delative	vígról	vígakról
ablative	vígtól	vígaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vígé	vígaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vígéi	vígakéi

Synonyms

• boldog
• vidám

Derived terms

• vigad
• vigadalom
• vigadoz
• vigalom
• vígan
• vigasság
• vigasztal
• vígság

(Compound words):

• vígjáték

Further reading

• víg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse víg, from Proto-Germanic *wīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːɣ/

Noun

víg n (genitive singular vígs, nominative plural víg)

1. slaying, killing

   Synonym: dráp

Declension

Declension of víg (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	víg	vígið	víg	vígin
accusative	víg	vígið	víg	vígin
dative	vígi	víginu	vígum	vígunum
genitive	vígs	vígsins	víga	víganna

References

• “víg” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Noun

víg n (genitive vígs, plural víg)

1. fight; battle
2. homicide; murder; manslaughter

Declension

  Declension of víg (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	víg	vígit	víg	vígin
accusative	víg	vígit	víg	vígin
dative	vígi	víginu	vígum	vígunum
genitive	vígs	vígsins	víga	víganna

Derived terms

• einvígi

Descendants

• Faroese: víggj n, víg n
• Icelandic: víg n
• Old Swedish: vigh, vighe
• ⇒ Old Norse: einvígi
  • Icelandic: einvígi
  • Old Swedish: envighe
    • Swedish: envige, envig