Noun: piga
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | piga |
| Sg. Def. | pigan |
| Pl. Indef. | pigor |
| Pl. Def. | pigorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | pigas |
| Sg. Def. | pigans |
| Pl. Indef. | pigors |
| Pl. Def. | pigornas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like piga
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse píka. Cognate with Icelandic píka and Danish pige. Also cognate with Finnish piika, Estonian piiga, and arguably, with Chuvash пике́ (pik̬é, “noblewoman, beauty”). Difficult to determine which language borrowed from which. See: Old Norse Nouns '
píka', Icelandic Nouns '
píka', Danish Nouns '
pige', Finnish Nouns '
piika'.
Verbs referencing "piga"
Danish Nouns
pige, Finnish Nouns
piika, Icelandic Nouns
píka.
Translations