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Basque
Noun
mugan
- inessive singular of muga (“border”)
Postposition
mugan
- (+genitive, locative) after (a period of time (in the past))
- bost egunen mugan ― after five days
- about to, on the verge of
- Azterketa hasteko mugan dago. ― The exam is about to start.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *magan.
Verb
mugan
- may, to be allowed to
- can, to be able to
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
- “mugan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *magan. Cognate with Old English magan, Old Frisian muga, Old Saxon mugan, Old Dutch mugan, Old Norse mega.
Verb
mugan
- (auxiliary) can, be able, must, shall, may
Conjugation
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Alternative forms
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *magan.
Verb
mugan
- may, to be allowed to
that ik hier ni mag ēniga huīla libbian- That I shouldn't live any moment
(Genesis, verse 67)
- can, to be able to
uundron huuō mag that giuuerðan sō- To wonder how it could have happened so
(Heliand, verse 141)
Conjugation
Descendants
Spanish
Verb
mugan
- third-person plural present indicative of mugar