vag
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of vagina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /væd͡ʒ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -æd͡ʒ
Noun
vag (plural not attested)
- (US slang, chiefly vulgar) Vagina (or, informally, vulva).
- 2012, “Ke$ha Die Young PARODY! Key of Awesome #65”, The Key of Awesome (lyrics), Ke$ha (music):
- Out the cab flash the vag / Set the women's movement back
- 2012, “My Vag”, performed by Awkwafina:
- My vag squirt aloe vera / Yo' vag look like Tony Danza
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of vagrant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /væɡ/
- Rhymes: -æɡ
Verb
vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /væɡ/
- Rhymes: -æɡ
Noun
vag (plural vags)
- (UK, dated, dialect, Devon) Turf used as fuel.
- 1983, Eric Hemery, High Dartmoor, Land and People, →ISBN, page 91:
- Localities where vags were cut are sometimes so named: e.g. Vag(s) Hill (Row Brook, Double Dart); Vag Hill (Glaze Brook, Avon).
- 1984 October 5, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, “Course of proceedings”, in In the Matter of Gidleigh Common, Gidleigh, West Devon District, Devon, page 5:
- They had not driven their ponies over the Unit Land; she had probably cut a vag from the Unit Land but this was done only in the presence of witnesses to determine whether those objecting were vigilant to stop any exercise of this right, and only on one occasion.
- 1985 January 21, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, quoting Thomas Hutchings, “4 Nattadon Road/28 Meldon Road”, in In the Matter of Chagford Common, Meldon Common, Nattadon Common, Padley Common, Weekbrook Down, Week Down, Steniel Down, and Jurston Green all in Chagford, West Devon District, Devon, page 14:
- I first grazed ponies on Padley in 1932 and my ponies are grazing there still. I take bracken for the garden, rushes to cover my potato clam, bean sticks for the garden and I expect I am one of the few who still cut vags (peat) on common land for fuel.
Verb
vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)
References
- Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 335
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaːɡ/, [væːˀj], [væjˀ]
Inflection
Inflection of vag | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | vag | vagere | vagest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | vagt | vagere | vagest2 |
Plural | vage | vagere | vagest2 |
Definite attributive1 | vage | vagere | vageste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) va'g
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vako, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish vako.
Declension
Declension of vag (72)
singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (nominatīv) | vag | vagūd |
genitive (genitīv) | vag | vagūd |
partitive (partitīv) | vaggõ | vagḑi |
dative (datīv) | vaggõn | vagūdõn |
instrumental (instrumentāl) | vagkõks | vagūdõks |
illative (illatīv) | vaggõ | vagži |
inessive (inesīv) | vagsõ vags |
vagši |
elative (elatīv) | vagstõ vagst |
vagšti |
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagere, indefinite superlative vagest, definite superlative vageste)
References
- “vag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagare, indefinite superlative vagast, definite superlative vagaste)
References
- “vag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaɡ/
Audio (file)
Swedish
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
Declension
Inflection of vag | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | vag | vagare | vagast |
Neuter singular | vagt | vagare | vagast |
Plural | vaga | vagare | vagast |
Masculine plural3 | vage | vagare | vagast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | vage | vagare | vagaste |
All | vaga | vagare | vagaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
References
- vag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vag in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
Volapük
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