agan

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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

  1. our

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.

Pronunciation

Verb

āgan

  1. to own, possess
  2. 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

Verb

āgān

  1. 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.
  2. to pass (of time)
  3. to happen
  4. 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

  1. definite singular of aga

Anagrams

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Igbo àgà

Pronunciation

Noun

àgàn

  1. childlessness
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A barren woman, a childless woman
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