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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Compare Swedish ung, Icelandic ungur, Dutch jong, German jung, English young.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ung (neuter ungt, plural and definite singular attributive unge, comparative yngre, superlative (predicative) yngst, superlative (attributive) yngste)

  1. young

Further reading

Icelandic

Adjective

ung

  1. strong nominative singular feminine of ungur

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish oingid, from Latin ungō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ung (present analytic ungann, future analytic ungfaidh, verbal noun ungadh, past participle ungtha)

  1. (transitive, religion, etc.) anoint (with oil, ointment, etc.)
    Synonym: olaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of ung (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun ungadh
past participle ungtha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present ungaim ungann tú;
ungair† 		ungann sé, sí ungaimid ungann sibh ungann siad;
ungaid† 		a ungann; a ungas /
a n-ungann* 		ungtar
past d'ung mé; d'ungas /
ung mé‡; ungas‡ 		d'ung tú; d'ungais /
ung tú; ungais‡ 		d'ung sé, sí /
ung sé, sí‡ 		d'ungamar; d'ung muid /
ungamar; ung muid‡ 		d'ung sibh; d'ungabhair /
ung sibh;
ungabhair‡ 		d'ung siad; d'ungadar /
ung siad; ungadar‡ 		a d'ung /
ar ung* 		ungadh;
hungadh†
past habitual d'ungainn /
ungainn‡; n-ungainn‡‡ 		d'ungtá /
ungtá‡; n-ungtᇇ 		d'ungadh sé, sí /
ungadh sé, sí‡; n-ungadh sé, s퇇 		d'ungaimis; d'ungadh muid /
ungaimis; ungadh muid‡; n-ungaimis‡‡; n-ungadh muid‡‡ 		d'ungadh sibh /
ungadh sibh‡; n-ungadh sibh‡‡ 		d'ungaidís; d'ungadh siad /
ungaidís; ungadh siad‡; n-ungaidís‡‡; n-ungadh siad‡‡ 		a d'ungadh /
a n-ungadh* 		d'ungtaí /
ungtaí‡; n-ungta퇇
future ungfaidh mé;
ungfad 		ungfaidh tú;
ungfair† 		ungfaidh sé, sí ungfaimid;
ungfaidh muid 		ungfaidh sibh ungfaidh siad;
ungfaid† 		a ungfaidh; a ungfas /
a n-ungfaidh* 		ungfar
conditional d'ungfainn / ungfainn‡; n-ungfainn‡‡ d'ungfá / ungfá‡; n-ungfᇇ d'ungfadh sé, sí / ungfadh sé, sí‡; n-ungfadh sé, s퇇 d'ungfaimis; d'ungfadh muid / ungfaimis‡; ungfadh muid‡; n-ungfaimis‡‡; n-ungfadh muid‡‡ d'ungfadh sibh / ungfadh sibh‡; n-ungfadh sibh‡‡ d'ungfaidís; d'ungfadh siad / ungfaidís‡; ungfadh siad‡; n-ungfaidís‡‡; n-ungfadh siad‡‡ a d'ungfadh /
a n-ungfadh* 		d'ungfaí / ungfaí‡; n-ungfa퇇
subjunctive
present go n-unga mé;
go n-ungad† 		go n-unga tú;
go n-ungair† 		go n-unga sé, sí go n-ungaimid;
go n-unga muid 		go n-unga sibh go n-unga siad;
go n-ungaid† 		— go n-ungtar
past dá n-ungainn dá n-ungtá dá n-ungadh sé, sí dá n-ungaimis;
dá n-ungadh muid 		dá n-ungadh sibh dá n-ungaidís;
dá n-ungadh siad 		— dá n-ungtaí
imperative
– ungaim ung ungadh sé, sí ungaimis ungaigí;
ungaidh† 		ungaidís — ungtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms

  • ungadh (“ointment; unguent, salve”)
  • ungadóir (“ointment-maker, perfumer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ung
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ung n-ung hung not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ungō. Compare Romanian unge, ung, Aromanian ungu.

Verb

ung

  1. smear, grease, lubricate

References

  1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/unge

Middle French

Article

ung

  1. alternative form of un

Numeral

ung (invariable)

  1. alternative form of un

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (“young”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ung (neuter singular ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Akin to English young.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ung (masculine and feminine ung, neuter ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)
    Antonyms: gamal, gammal
    Kven er yngst her? ― Who is the youngest here?

Derived terms

References

Rade

Pronunciation

Noun

ung

  1. husband

Romanian

Verb

ung

  1. inflection of unge:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɵŋː/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

ung (comparative yngre, superlative yngst)

  1. young
    Antonym: gammal
    en ung, lovande spelare
    a young, promising player
    Natten är ung
    The night is young

Declension

Inflection of ung
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ung yngre yngst
neuter singular ungt yngre yngst
plural unga yngre yngst
masculine plural2 unga yngre yngst
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 unge yngre yngste
all unga yngre yngsta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

Anagrams

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 癰.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ung

  1. addled; rotten
    trứng ung ― rotten eggs

Derived terms

Anagrams

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English hung, past of Middle English hangen.

Pronunciation

Verb

ung

  1. hung

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 73
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