agan
See also: Agan, agán, aĝan, ağan, ägan, and -agán
Cornish
Alternative forms
- (short form) gàn
- (after certain words) -'gan
Etymology
Compare Welsh ein.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˌæɡən/
Determiner
agan
- our
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɡɑn/, [ˈɑː.ɣɑn]
Verb
āgan
- to own, possess
- to cause to own: to give, to deliver
Conjugation
Conjugation of āgan (preterite-present)
infinitive | āgan | āgenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | āh | āhte |
second person singular | āhst | āhtest |
third person singular | āh | āhte |
plural | āgon | āhton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | āge | āhte |
plural | āgen | āhten |
imperative | ||
singular | āge | |
plural | āgaþ | |
participle | present | past |
āgende | (ġe)āgen |
Descendants
- Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
- English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
- Scots: aw, awe
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān. Equivalent to ā- + gān.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːˈɡɑːn/
Verb
āgān
- to go out, (in the past participle) gone
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:30
- Þā hēo on hire hūs ēode, hēo ġemētte þæt mæġden on hire bedde liċġende and þæt dēofol ūt āgān.
- When she entered her house, she found the girl lying in her bed and the demon gone.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:30
- (of time) to pass
- to happen
- to become known: get out, come out
Conjugation
Conjugation of āgān (irregular)
infinitive | āgān | āgānne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | āgā | āēode |
second person singular | āgǣst | āēodest |
third person singular | āgǣþ | āēode |
plural | āgāþ | āēodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | āgā | āēode |
plural | āgān | āēoden |
imperative | ||
singular | āgā | |
plural | āgāþ | |
participle | present | past |
āgānde | āgān |
Swedish
Noun
agan
- definite singular of aga.
Anagrams
- agna
Yoruba
Etymology
Compare with Igbo àgà
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.ɡã̀/
Noun
àgàn
- childlessness
- (sometimes derogatory) A barren woman, a childless woman