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See also: ägna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

agna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of agn

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

agna f (plural agne)

  1. female equivalent of agno

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From agnus (lamb) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Noun

agna f (genitive agnae); first declension

  1. 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

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

  1. 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, pages 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

  1. definite singular of agn f
  2. definite plural of agn n

Old English

Adjective

āgna

  1. inflection of āgen:
    1. strong feminine nominative/accusative plural
    2. weak masculine nominative singular

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse agn (bait).

Pronunciation

Verb

agna (present agnar, preterite agnade, supine agnat, imperative agna)

  1. to bait; to affix bait to a fishing tool

Conjugation

  • agn (bait for fishing)

References

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