No. 397 in Icelandic

degi

The word "degi" is the dative singular form of "dagur," which means "day" in English.

In a sentence

Ég las bók á degi felldarinnar.
I read a book on the Day of the Abolition.
In this sentence, 'degi' is in the dative case, indicating time location of an event taking place on a specified day.
Dagurinn er fallegur í dag.
The day is beautiful today.
'Day' (dagur in nominative case) is the subject of this sentence, denoting the current day being described.
Við höfum enga afsökun fyrir því að eyða deginum illa.
We have no excuse for wasting the day poorly.
Here, 'deginum' is in the dative case, showing the object affected by the action of wasting the day.

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