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dag
Translingual
Symbol
dag
- (metrology) Symbol for decagram, an SI unit of mass equal to 101 grams.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
From Middle English dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh. The sense "dangling lock of wool, matted with dung" (originally from the dialect of Kent) is also termed "daglock" (derived from the "hanging end" sense of "dag") or "daggle-lock" and some sources consider the sense a shortening of that longer word rather than a mere evolution of the "hanging end" sense.
Noun
dag (plural dags)
- A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
- A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
- 1597-98 1597–8, Joseph_Hall_(bishop) Joseph Hall Satires, Book 5, number 1:
- To see the dunged folds of dag-tayled sheepe.
- 1859-1865, Hensleigh Wedgwood, A Dictionary of English Etymology
- Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.
- 1998, Wool: Volume 8, Issue 10, as published by the Massey Wool Association:
- He was one of the first significant private buyers of wool in New Zealand, playing a major part in bringing respectability to what at first was a very diverse group. He pioneered the pelletising of dag waste.
- 1999, G. C. Waghorn, N. G. Gregory, S. E. Todd, and R. Wesselink, Dags in sheep; a look at faeces and reasons for dag formation, published in the Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 61, on pages 43–49:
- The development of dags first requires some faeces to adhere to wool, but this is only the initial step in accumulation.
- 2006, in the compilation of the Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, volume 46, issues 1-5, published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia), on page 7:
- [Researchers] note that free pellets are characteristic of healthy sheep and that if sheep consistently produced free pellets, wool staining and dag formation would not occur.
- 1597-98 1597–8, Joseph_Hall_(bishop) Joseph Hall Satires, Book 5, number 1:
Synonyms
- daglock, taglock
- daggings
- dung tag
Derived terms
- daggy
Verb
dag (third-person singular simple present dags, present participle dagging, simple past and past participle dagged)
- To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.
- 2010 January 29, Emma Partridge, Stock Journal, Richie Foster a cut above the rest,
- After learning how to crutch at 13, he could dag 400 sheep in a day by the spring of 1965 and earned himself more than just a bit of pocket money.
- 2010 January 29, Emma Partridge, Stock Journal, Richie Foster a cut above the rest,
- To daggle or bemire.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
References
Etymology 2
From Old French dague (from Old Occitan dague, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *daca (“Dacian knife”), from the Roman province Dacia (roughly modern Romania); the ending is possibly the faintly pejorative -ard suffix, as in poignard (“dagger”)); cognate with dagger.
Noun
dag (plural dags)
- A skewer.
- A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
- (obsolete) A dagger; a poniard.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A kind of large pistol.
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
- The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons
- A sort of pistol, called a dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts.
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
- The unbranched antler of a young deer.
Verb
dag (third-person singular simple present dags, present participle dagging, simple past and past participle dagged)
- (transitive) To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
- (transitive) To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags
Etymology 3
Variation of dang.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Interjection
dag
- (US, informal) Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.
Etymology 4
Perhaps a back-formation from daggy, or, a specialised sense of British dialect dag, a daring feat amongst boys.
Noun
dag (plural dags)
- (Australia slang, New Zealand derogatory) One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd.
- 2004 July 25, Debbie Kruger, Melbourne Weekly Magazine, All the World's a Stage,
- Now, wide-eyed and unfashionably excited ("I’m such a dag!" she remarks several times), she has the leading role of Viola in the Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of Twelfth Night, opening on August 10 at the Victorian Arts Centre Playhouse.
- 2006 September 26, TV Week, Klancie Keough eliminated,
- What did you think about Mark calling you a dag?
- To me a dag is a person who doesn't have a lot of pride in their appearance or the way they present themselves — the way they sing and how they hold themselves basically. But it didn't really bother me. He said, "You're such a dag, you're cool." I took it as "you're a laidback person". The way they cut it and edited it made it sound on TV like I was grumpy about it, but I wasn't. It was pretty funny how it came across.
- 2009 November 14, Daily Telegraph, Catherine Zeta - Hollywood's biggest dag?,
- SHE is one of Hollywood's most beautiful leading ladies and has access to any fashion designers, so then why is Catherine Zeta-Jones dressing like a bag lady?
- 2010 January 15, Michael Dwyer, The Age, Talented dag plucks up the cool,
- A graduate of film studies in New York, May has had a hand in editing two of his three videos. Each casts him as a bespectacled dag in a world of glamour.
- 2004 July 25, Debbie Kruger, Melbourne Weekly Magazine, All the World's a Stage,
- (Australia slang, obsolete) An odd or eccentric person; someone who is a bit strange but amusingly so.
Usage notes
- May be used as form of endearment, perhaps with the intention of indicating fellowship or sympathy with regard to apparent rejection of societal norms.
Synonyms
- dirtball, scruffbag, slob; see also Thesaurus:untidy person
Related terms
- daggy (adj)
Translations
References
Etymology 5
Initialism for directed acyclic graph.
Noun
dag (plural dags)
- (graph theory) A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair such that is a subset of some partial ordering relation on .
Etymology 6
Of North Germanic origin; compare Swedish dagg. Doublet of dew.
Noun
dag (plural dags)
- A misty shower; dew.
Verb
dag (third-person singular simple present dags, present participle dagging, simple past and past participle dagged)
- (Britain, dialect) To be misty; to drizzle.
Etymology 7
Noun
dag (plural dags)
- (chiefly Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of dog.
- 2000, Guy Ritchie, Snatch, quoted in, Miguel Á. Bernal-Merino, Translation and Localisation in Video Games: Making Entertainment Software Global, Routledge ?ISBN, page 68:
- Mickey: Dags! D' ya like dags?
- 2014, John P Brady, Back to the Gaff, Roadside Fiction ?ISBN, page 131:
- There it was again, that old Gaelic verb pronounced 'scriss,' that those involved in fighting talk apparently exuded on occasion. It could have been 'D'ya wanna buy a dag?' it was all the same.
- 2000, Guy Ritchie, Snatch, quoted in, Miguel Á. Bernal-Merino, Translation and Localisation in Video Games: Making Entertainment Software Global, Routledge ?ISBN, page 68:
Anagrams
- GAD, GDA, Gad, gad
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da?/
Etymology 1
From Dutch dag (“day”), from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn, to be illuminated”). Cognate with German Tag.
Noun
dag (plural dae, diminutive daggie)
- a day
Etymology 2
From Dutch dag, shortening of goedendag (“goodday; goodbye”), from goed (“goed, pleasant”) + dag (“day”).
Interjection
dag
- hello!
- bye-bye!
Etymology 3
From Dutch dacht.
Alternative forms
- dog
Verb
dag
- preterite of dink
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish dagh, from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, cognate with English day, German Tag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da???/, [?d?æ?j], [?d?æ?]
Noun
dag c (singular definite dagen, plural indefinite dage)
- day
Inflection
References
- “dag” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?x/
- Hyphenation: dag
- Rhymes: -?x
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
Noun
dag m (plural dagen, diminutive dagje n or daagje n)
- day (period of 24 hours)
- daytime (time between sunrise and sunset)
- (in compound words) a meeting or assembly with legal or political power, originally convened on a specific day; a diet
Usage notes
- In archaic or dialectal usage, the older plural form daag may occur after numerals. On rare occasions the expression veertien daag (“a fortnight”) is still found in contemporary standard Dutch.
Synonyms
- (24 hours) etmaal n
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dag
Interjection
dag!
- hello, short for goedendag (“good day”) 'goodday; goodbye'
- goodbye, same shortening
Synonyms
- (bye): daag, ciao, salut (French), saluut (Flemish), saluutjes (Flemish), vaarwel, tot ziens, tot hoors, tot horens, doei (Netherlands), doeg (Netherlands)
- (hello): hallo, hoi, heei/hey, goedendag/goeiendag, jow (familiar, Flemish), hoi (Netherlands)
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dag
- ? Indonesian: dag
Etymology 2
Unknown. Compare French dague (“spiked end of the whipping rope”),
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) dagge, dagh
Noun
dag f (plural daggen, diminutive dagje n)
- A piece of rope, used to punish sailors with, on the spot or in running the gauntlet
- A line used to fasten young sailors while training boarding a hostile ship or climbing the rigging
Synonyms
- (punitive rope): dagtouwtje n
Derived terms
- handdag
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?a?/
- Rhymes: -?a?
Noun
dag
- accusative singular of dagur
Derived terms
- góðan dag!
Gothic
Romanization
dag
- Romanization of ????????????
Icelandic
Noun
dag
- indefinite accusative singular of dagur
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch dag, from goedendag (“goodday”).
Interjection
dag
- (archaic) hello
- Archaic form of dah.
Middle Low German
Noun
dag
- Alternative spelling of dach.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse dagr (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???/
- Homophone: dd
Noun
dag m (definite singular dagen, indefinite plural dager, definite plural dagene)
- a day
- the period of time between sunrise and sunset, daytime
Derived terms
Related terms
- døgn
References
- “dag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn, to be illuminated”). Akin to English day.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???/
Noun
dag m (definite singular dagen, indefinite plural dagar, definite plural dagane)
- a day
- the period of time between sunrise and sunset, daytime
Derived terms
Related terms
- døgn
References
- “dag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Noun
dag m
- day
Inflection
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: dach
- Dutch: dag
- Afrikaans: dag
- Limburgish: daag
- West Flemish: dag
- Dutch: dag
Further reading
- “dag”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Alternative forms
- d?h, d?h, daag
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ey??- (“to knead, form, mold”). Compare Old High German teig (German Teig), Old Norse deig (Danish dej, Swedish deg), Gothic ???????????????????? (daigs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???/, [d???]
Noun
d?g m
- dough
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: dogh, dou?h, dowgh, dagh, dow, dowh?, dogh?e, do?, douw
- English: dough (dialectal duff)
- Scots: daich, dauch
- Yola: dhoaugh, doaugh, doaug
Old Norse
Noun
dag
- accusative singular of dagr
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
Noun
dag m
- day
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: dach
- Low German:
- Dutch Low Saxon: dag
- German Low German:
- Hamburgisch: Dag
- Westphalian:
- Lippisch: Dag
- Ravensbergisch: Dach
- Sauerländisch: Dag, D?g
- Westmünsterländisch: Dagg
- Plautdietsch: Dach
- Low German:
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish dagher, from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??(?)/
Noun
dag c
- a day
- a day, the period of time between sunrise and sunset, daytime
Declension
Derived terms
References
- dag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Turkmen
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *t?g (“mountain”).
Noun
dag (definite accusative dagy, plural daglar)
- mountain
Declension
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English dark.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da?/
Noun
dag (nominative plural dags)
- darkness
- 1952, Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus?, 8.11,12, translated by Arie de Jong.
- «Sagob oles, das mödikans okömoms se lofüd e se vesüd, ed olenseadons ko ‚Abraham?, ‚Isaac? e ‚Iacob? in regän sülas;
- du sons regäna posejedoms ini dag plödikün; us odabinons viam e knir tutas».
- "I say to you, that many will come from the east and from the west, and they shall sit together with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;
- while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out in the outmost darkness; over there will be woeful crying and the gnashing of teeth."
- 1958, Johann Schmidt, "Viol", Volapükagased, no. 4, 18.
- Viol floron in jad e dag,
- A violet flowers in the shade and darkness,
- Viol floron in jad e dag,
- 1952, Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus?, 8.11,12, translated by Arie de Jong.
Declension
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Noun
dag f (plural doagn, diminutive doagetje)
- day
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da???/
Verb
dag
- to deceive
- to cheat
- to lie (tell untruth(s))
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
Zealandic
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
Noun
dag m (plural daegen or daogen)
- day
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vag
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of vagina.
Alternative forms
- vadge, vaj
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /væd?/
- Rhymes: -æd?
Noun
vag (plural not attested)
- (US slang, chiefly vulgar) vagina (or, informally, vulva)
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of vagrant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /væ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Verb
vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)
- (transitive, slang) To arrest somebody as a vagrant.
- 2002, T. R. St. George, Clyde Strikes Back (page 250)
- But I seen on the TV it was colder'n a witch's tit here so I stayed. Stuck it out. Then I caught a freight and got vagged.
- 2002, T. R. St. George, Clyde Strikes Back (page 250)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /væ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
vag (plural vags)
- (Britain, dated, dialect, Devon) turf used as fuel
Verb
vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)
- (Britain, archaic, dialect, Devon) To drag; to trail on the ground.
- (Britain, archaic, dialect, Devon) To bend; to give; to yield.
- (Britain, dated, dialect, Devon) To flap; to blow in the wind.
References
- Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary?[5], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 335
Anagrams
- AGV, AVG, Gav, VGA, avg.
Danish
Etymology
From French vague
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va??/, [væ??j], [væj?]
Adjective
vag
- vague
Inflection
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) va'g
Etymology
Related to Finnish vako.
Noun
vag
- furrow
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin vagus, via French vague
Adjective
vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagere, indefinite superlative vagest, definite superlative vageste)
- vague
References
- “vag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin vagus, via French vague
Adjective
vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagare, indefinite superlative vagast, definite superlative vagaste)
- vague
References
- “vag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French vague, Latin vagus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va?/
Adjective
vag m or n (feminine singular vag?, plural vagi)
- vague
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From French vague, from Latin vagus (unsteady, wandering).
Adjective
vag (comparative vagare, superlative vagast)
- vague
- själens subtilaste infall, dess vagaste föreställningar, dess flyktigaste drömmar
- the soul's most subtle inventions, its vaguest conceptions, its most volatile dreams
- själens subtilaste infall, dess vagaste föreställningar, dess flyktigaste drömmar
Declension
Synonyms
- diffus
- otydlig
Related terms
- vackla
- vagabond
- vagant
- vaghet
References
- vag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vag in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
- gav
Volapük
Noun
vag (nominative plural vags)
- emptiness
Declension
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