vegur

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse vegr, Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin via. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈveːvʊɹ/ Rhymes: -eːvʊɹ Homophones: veður, vevur === Noun === vegur m (genitive singular vegar, plural vegir) way, road distance movement towards a goal, direction possibility ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== gøta longd, strekki leið møguleiki ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === breyt == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse vegr, Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin via. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛːɣʏr/ Rhymes: -ɛːɣʏr === Noun === vegur m (genitive singular vegar or (in fixed expressions) vegs, nominative plural vegir) way road ==== Usage notes ==== The genitive singular vegs is used in fixed expressions such as til vegs og virðingar. The otherwise obsolete accusative plural vegu is also used with the preposition á to mean “in [a specified] way”, e.g. á ýmsa vegu (“in various ways”), and in expressions about travelling widely, such as um víða vegu (“far and wide”). The accusative plural forms vega and vegana occur in fixed expressions, some obsolete, e.g. alla vega/alla vegana (“all kinds of; at least, anyways”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “vegur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “-vegis”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “vegur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “vegur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)