gengi

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

gengi n (genitive singular gengis, nominative plural gengi)

  1. success, prosperity
  2. (economics) exchange rate
  3. team, squad, company
  4. gang (criminal group)

Declension

    Declension of gengi
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gengi gengið gengi gengin
accusative gengi gengið gengi gengin
dative gengi genginu gengjum gengjunum
genitive gengis gengisins gengja gengjanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gangiją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Related to ganga (“to go, walk”).

Noun

gengi n (genitive gengis)

  1. luck, success
  2. help, support
Declension
  Declension of gengi (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gengi gengit gengi gengin
accusative gengi gengit gengi gengin
dative gengi genginu gengjum gengjunum
genitive gengis gengisins gengja gengjanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: gengi
  • →? Old English: genge

References

  • “gengi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gengi

  1. weak masculine nominative singular of gengr

Verb

gengi

  1. third-person singular/plural past subjunctive active of ganga
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