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 (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

• 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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “taug”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive