agna
See also: ägna
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -akna
Noun
agna
- indefinite genitive plural of agn
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɲ.ɲa/
- Rhymes: -aɲɲa
- Hyphenation: à‧gna
Noun
agna f (plural agne)
- female equivalent of agno
Latin
Etymology 1
From agnus (“lamb”) + -a (feminine suffix).
Noun
agna f (genitive agnae); first declension
- A ewe lamb.
Declension
Note that the ablative plural has the alternative form agnabus.First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | agna | agnae |
| Genitive | agnae | agnārum |
| Dative | agnae | agnīs |
| Accusative | agnam | agnās |
| Ablative | agnā | agnīs |
| Vocative | agna | agnae |
Derived terms
- agnella
- agnicula
Related terms
- agnellus
- agniculus
- agnīna
- agnīnus
- agnus
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare English awn, Lithuanian ašnìs (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
Noun
agna f (genitive agnae); first declension
- A blade, straw; ear of grain.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | agna | agnae |
| Genitive | agnae | agnārum |
| Dative | agnae | agnīs |
| Accusative | agnam | agnās |
| Ablative | agnā | agnīs |
| Vocative | agna | agnae |
References
- Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*h₂ek̂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 287–300
- “agna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “agna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- agna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- agna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
agna
- definite singular of agn f
- definite plural of agn n
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse agn (“bait”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋna/
Verb
agna (present agnar, preterite agnade, supine agnat, imperative agna)
- to bait; to affix bait to a fishing tool
Conjugation
Conjugation of agna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | agna | agnas | ||
| Supine | agnat | agnats | ||
| Imperative | agna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | agnen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | agnar | agnade | agnas | agnades |
| Ind. plural1 | agna | agnade | agnas | agnades |
| Subjunctive2 | agne | agnade | agnes | agnades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | agnande | |||
| Past participle | agnad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Anagrams
- agan