varg

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From var, a formation with -g suffix, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to bind, hang (up)”).

Noun[edit]

varg m

  1. row, range, file, chain

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

varg

  1. indefinite accusative singular of vargur

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.

Noun[edit]

varg m (definite singular vargen, indefinite plural varger, definite plural vargene)

  1. a wolf
    Synonyms: gråtass, ulv, gråbein, skrubb

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.

Noun[edit]

varg m (definite singular vargen, indefinite plural vargar, definite plural vargane)

  1. wolf
  2. a lawless person, an outlaw

References[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Noun[edit]

varg

  1. indefinite accusative singular of vargr

Swedish[edit]

en varg

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish vargher, from Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Originally had the meaning "destroyer, criminal," but replaced the original word ulv as a noa-name (euphemistic taboo replacement). Compare gråben, tasse, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /varj/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -arj

Noun[edit]

varg c

  1. wolf (a canid)
    • 1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music), performed by Lena Nyman:
      Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill, men kan inte sova. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt, i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.
      The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants, but cannot sleep. [The] hunger tears his wolf's belly, and it is cold, in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. You [or "Hey," as a kind of vocative] wolf, you wolf, do not come here [hither, to here]. My child you will never have.
    Vargarna ylade i skogen
    The wolves howled in the forest
    Synonyms: gråben, tasse, ulv
  2. a tree with a large crown and thick branches which steals sunlight and space from other smaller trees
  3. (colloquial) reject; a rejected defective product in a production line
    1. (colloquial, by extension) the damage itself on the product

Declension[edit]

Declension of varg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative varg vargen vargar vargarna
Genitive vargs vargens vargars vargarnas

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Zazaki[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Middle Persian gwlg (vorg, “wolf”), Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (varka-).

Noun[edit]

varg m

  1. wolf
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