No. 614 in Icelandic

dags

The Icelandic word "dags" means "day's" or "of the day."

In a sentence

Ég sakna dagsins sem við eyddum á ströndinni.
I miss the day we spent at the beach.
In this sentence, 'dagsins' is the genitive singular form of 'dagur', meaning 'of the day', indicating possession.
Veðrið dagsins var einstaklega fallegt.
The day's weather was exceptionally beautiful.
Here, 'dagsins' again appears in the genitive singular form and describes 'weather', connecting it to a specific day.
Hún hefur verið að skipuleggja þetta frá degi dags.
She has been planning this from the beginning of the day.
In this sentence, 'dags' appears in a fixed phrase 'frá degi dags', showing its use in a compound expression symbolizing 'from the start of the day'.

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