# vagga
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvakːa/
    Rhymes: -akːa

### Etymology 1

Answering to Faroese vagga, Norwegian vagge, Swedish vagga. Compare English wag, German wacken and Proto-Germanic *wagǭ.

#### Verb

vagga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaggaði, supine vaggað)
* to move (something) back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock [with dative]
* (intransitive) to move back and forth in a swaying motion; to rock

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse vagga (“cradle”), from the verb. Cognate with Faroese vøgga, Norwegian Nynorsk vogge, Swedish vagga, Danish vugge.

#### Noun

vagga f (genitive singular vöggu, nominative plural vöggur)
* cradle

##### Derived terms

* vöggustofa

### Further reading

* “vagga” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* vagge

### Etymology

From Old Norse vaga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ʋɑɡːɑ/

### Verb

vagga (present tense vaggar, past tense vagga, past participle vagga, passive infinitive vaggast, present participle vaggande, imperative vagga/vagg)
* to waddle, to rock, to sway
** 1977, Kjartan Fløgstad, Dalen Portland:Den unge kvinna vaggar tungt over golvet.The young woman waddles heavily across the floor.

### References

* “vagga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

vagga f (genitive vǫggu)
* cradle

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: vagga
* Faroese: vagga
* Norwegian Nynorsk: vogge
* Norwegian Bokmål: vugge
* Swedish: vagga
* Danish: vugge

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vagga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀯𑀕𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* वग्ग (Devanagari script)
* ৰগ্গ (Bengali script)
* වග‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
* ဝဂ္ဂ or ဝၷ္ၷ or ဝၷ်ၷ (Burmese script)
* วคฺค or วัคคะ (Thai script)
* ᩅᨣ᩠ᨣ (Tai Tham script)
* ວຄ຺ຄ or ວັຄຄະ (Lao script)
* វគ្គ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄉𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group”).

#### Noun

vagga m
* company
* section (e.g. of a book)
* group
* (grammar) group of consonants with a property in common, such as place of articulation

##### Descendants

* → Burmese: ဝဂ် (wag)
* → Khmer: វគ្គ (vĕək)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit व्यग्र (vyagra).

#### Adjective

vagga
* separated
* incomplete
* dissentious

##### Declension
## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vagga c
* a cradle; a bed for a baby that can be oscillating or swinging back and forth
* a cradle; the place where something has its origin

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | vagga | vaggas |
| singular | definite | vaggan | vaggans |
| plural | indefinite | vaggor | vaggors |
| plural | definite | vaggorna | vaggornas |

### Verb

vagga (present vaggar, preterite vaggade, supine vaggat, imperative vagga)
* to cradle, to rock (a baby to sleep)
* to rock, to move gently back and forth

#### Related terms

* vaggvisa

#### See also

* gunga (“swing, rock, sway”) (larger movements)
* vyssja (“lull”)

### References

* vagga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vagga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vagga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)