Faroese

Noun

vegur m (genitive singular vegar, plural vegir)

1. way, road
2. distance
3. movement towards a goal, direction
4. possibility

Declension

Synonyms

• gøta
• longd, strekki
• leið
• møguleiki

Derived terms

• gonguvegur
• neytavegur
• farvegur
• bygdarvegur
• høvuðsvegur
• landsvegur
• motorvegur
• ringvegur
• krossvegur
• sambindingarvegur
• fjórðungsvegur
• snarvegur
• loynivegur
• skákvegur
• útvegur
• beinanvegin
• sjóvegis
• stór­vegis
• tvørvegis
• vegabrúgv
• vegamerking
• vegamót
• veganet
• vegarbeiði
• vegleiðing
• vegmaður
• vegskattur

See also

• breyt
• brúgv
• á

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, nominative plural vegir)

1. way
2. road

Declension

Note: 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, meaning “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”).

Derived terms

• allir vegir liggja til Rómar