taug

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰøyːɣ/

  Rhymes: -øyːɣ

Noun

taug f (genitive singular taugar, nominative plural taugar)

1. rope, line, cable
2. nerve

Declension

declension of taug

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taug	taugin	taugar	taugarnar
accusative	taug	taugina	taugar	taugarnar
dative	taug	tauginni	taugum	taugunum
genitive	taugar	taugarinnar	tauga	tauganna

Derived terms

• brjósttaug
• sjóntaug (“optic nerve”)
• skyntaug (“sensory nerve”)
• taugalæknir (“neurologist”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• (Setesdal) IPA^(key): [ta̝u̯ːɡ]
• (Vikværsk) IPA^(key): /tæʉː/, /tæʋː/
• IPA^(key): /tœʉːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

taug (definite singular taugi, indefinite plural tauger, definite plural taugene)

1. (nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of tau

Etymology 2

From earlier and Old Norse tog (“rope”), from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

taug

1. (dialectal, Setesdal, Vikværsk) a rope

See also

tog, tau (Nynorsk)

Etymology 3

Adjective

taug (neuter taugt, definite singular and plural tauge, comparative taugare, indefinite superlative taugast, definite superlative taugaste)

1. slowish

References

• “taug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

taug f (genitive taugar)

1. string, rope

Declension

  Declension of taug (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taug	taugin	taugar	taugarnar
accusative	taug	taugina	taugar	taugarnar
dative	taug	tauginni	taugum	taugunum
genitive	taugar	taugarinnar	tauga	tauganna

Derived terms

• uptaug

Descendants

• Icelandic: taug

References

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