Daglegt

Daglegt is an Icelandic adjective meaning "daily" or "everyday," used to describe activities, occurrences or items that take place or are used each day. As an adjective it agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies; typical full-form inflection is daglegur (masculine), daglegt (neuter) and dagleg (feminine). The related adverbial form is daglega, which means "daily" in the sense of frequency.

The term is formed from dagur ("day") plus the adjectival suffix -legt, a productive element in Icelandic for creating descriptive words. It has direct cognates in other North Germanic languages, such as Swedish and Danish dagligt, which carry the same basic meaning.

In contemporary usage daglegt appears in everyday speech and writing to characterize routines (e.g., daily tasks or habits), schedules, services, or recurring events. It is also used in fixed expressions and compound words to convey regularity or ordinary, day-to-day nature. In grammatical contexts, daglegt functions like other Icelandic adjectives and participates in standard agreement and declension patterns.

As a simple, widely understood descriptor, daglegt is a basic lexical item in Icelandic vocabulary for indicating temporal regularity or the ordinary character of people, actions, and objects.