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Cornish
- (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
Verb
āgan
- to own, possess
10th century, The Wanderer:forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.- thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own
a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.
- to cause to own: to give, to deliver
Conjugation
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān. Equivalent to ā- + gān.
Pronunciation
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.
- to pass (of time)
- to happen
- to become known: get out, come out
Conjugation
Swedish
Noun
agan
- definite singular of aga
Anagrams
Yoruba
Etymology
Compare with Igbo àgà
Pronunciation
Noun
àgàn
- childlessness
- (sometimes derogatory) A barren woman, a childless woman