duga

dugà

1. nectar, sap

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duga

1. juice, nectar, sap
2. (slang) sperm, semen

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From Old Norse duga (“to help, to suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”)^[1].

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːwa/
• Rhymes: -uːwa

duga (third person singular past indicative dugdi, third person plural past indicative dugdu, supine dugað)

1. to know how to

Conjugation of duga (group v-25)
infinitive	duga
supine	dugað
participle (a6)1	dugandi	dugaður
	present	past
first singular	dugi	dugdi
second singular	dugir	dugdi
third singular	dugir	dugdi
plural	duga	dugdu
	imperative
singular	duga!
plural	dugið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtʏːɣa/

  Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugir) or
duga weak verb (third person singular past indicative dugaði, supine dugað; third person singular present indicative dugar)

1. to suffice, to be enough, to do the trick

   Þetta dugir mér.

   This is enough for me.

   Mig vantar blað.. Þetta umslag dugar alveg.

   I need a piece of paper.. This old envelope will do the trick!

2. to be fit

• (to suffice): nægja

• duga til (“to be good for”)
• duga eða drepast (“to do or die”)
• nú er að duga eða drepast

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duga (used in the form menduga)

1. To gauge. (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. To guess.

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• duge

From Old Norse duga.

• IPA^(key): /dʉːɡa/

duga (present tense duger, past tense dugde, past participle dugt/dugd, passive infinitive dugast, present participle dugande, imperative dug)

1. help, be useful; be good enough; work

   Dette duger ikkje. Me lyt freista noko anna.

   This doesn't work. We'll have to try something else.

2. be skilled enough

   Er du viss på at dei duger til jobben?

   Are you sure that they are skilled enough for the job?

• “duga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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From Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe, from the root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).

duga (singular past indicative dugði, plural past indicative dugðu, past participle dugat)

1. to help, aid
2. to do, suffice
   • hefir oss þó dugat þessi átrúnaðr

     but this faith has served us well

   • fátt er svá illt at einugi dugi

     few things are utterly useless

   • mun þér eigi þat duga at sofa hér

     it will not do (is not safe) for thee to sleep here

3. to show prowess, do good service
   • dugði hverr sem hann mátti

     everyone did his best

4. to suffice, be strong enough
   • ef vitni duga

     if the witness fail not

• dugnaðr m

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

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From Proto-Slavic *dǫga.

• IPA^(key): /dǔːɡa/

dúga f (Cyrillic spelling ду́га)

1. rainbow

duga

1. inflection of dug:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

duga

1. genitive singular of dug

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From Old Swedish dugha, from Old Norse duga, from Proto-Germanic *duganą. The (formerly) colloquial strong declension mirrors the declensions of words like suga and ljuga.

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duga (present duger, preterite dugde or dög, supine dugt or dugit, imperative dug)

1. suffice, be good (or skilled) enough; be acceptable; be useful for

   Om den dög åt din syster, så duger den åt dig.

   If it was good enough for your sister, then it'll be good enough for you.

   Den här duger ingenting till.

   This is good for nothing.

• dugande
• som heter duga

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duga

1. only, merely

• cuma

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duga

1. to burn