duga.
to suffice, to be enough
Meaning & usage
to suffice, to be enough
Þetta dugir/dugar mér.
to suffice, to be enough [with preceding dative ‘for someone’ and following nominative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as “be satisfied with” or “find sufficient”, with the dative object as the logical subject)
Mér dugir/duga(r) ekki þessar afsakanir.
to serve, to work, to do the trick
Mig vantar blað... Þetta umslag dugir/dugar alveg.
to serve, to work, to do the trick [with preceding dative ‘for someone’ and following nominative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as “find effective” or “find useful”, with the dative object as the logical subject)
Mér dug(a)ði ekki lyfið.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse duga (“to help, to suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.