gengi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈceiɲcɪ/
• Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

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

Synonyms

• (success): farsæld, velgengni, velfarnaður
• (team, squad): hópur, flokkur

Derived terms

• brautargengi (“aid, help”)
• gengisbreyting (“exchange rate fluctuation”)
• gengisfelling (“devaluation”)
• gengishækkun (“exchange rate revaluation”)
• gengislækkun (“currency devaluation”)
• gengismunur (“exchange rate difference”)
• gengissig (“currency depreciation”)
• gengisskráning (“foreign exchange listing”)

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

Descendants

• Icelandic: gengi
• →? Old English: genge
  • Middle English: genge, geng, ging, gyng, gynge
    • English: ging (obsolete)
    • Middle Scots: ging

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