agan

See also: Agan, agán, aĝan, ağan, ägan, and -agán

Cornish

Etymology

Compare Welsh ein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaɡən/

Determiner

agan

  1. our

Derived terms

  • a'gan (“us”)
  • agan honan, agan honen (“ourselves”)
  • agan re (“ours”)
  • dh'agan (“to our”)
  • y'gan (“in our”)
  • y'gan mysk (“among us”)

See also

Cornish personal pronouns
number person independent
(subject) 		suffixed infixed possessive
(dependent)
enclitic emphatic reduced
singular first my vy evy ma, a 'm owA
second ty jy, sy1 tejy ta, a 'thM dhaS
third2 m ev ev eev va, a 'n yS
f hi hi hyhi — 's hyA
plural first ni ni nyni 'gan, 'n agan, 'gan
second3 hwi hwi hwyhwi 'gas, 's agas, 'gas
third i i ynsi 's agaA, 'gaA

1 Uncommon.
2 hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

S Triggers soft mutation A Triggers aspirate mutation M Triggers mixed mutation

Kott

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ajgan (“lynx; polar fox”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡan/ ~ /aːɡan/

Noun

agan ~ âgan (plural aganan or âgatn)

  1. lynx

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 22

Further reading

  • Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 195
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 21
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 143

Old English

Etymology 1

    From Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɡɑn/, [ˈɑː.ɣɑn]

    Verb

    āgan

    1. to own, possess
      • 10th century, The Wanderer:
        forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
        wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.
        thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own
        a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.
    2. to cause to own: to give, to deliver
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of āgan (preterite-present)
    infinitive āgan āgenne
    indicative mood present tense past tense
    first person singular āh āhte
    second person singular āhst āhtest
    third person singular āh āhte
    plural āgon āhton
    subjunctive present tense past tense
    singular āge āhte
    plural āgen āhten
    imperative
    singular āge
    plural āgaþ
    participle present past
    āgende (ġe)āgen
    Descendants
    • Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
      • English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
      • Scots: aw, awe

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān. Equivalent to ā- +‎ gān.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɑːˈɡɑːn/

      Verb

      āgān

      1. to go out, (in the past participle) gone
        • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:30
          Þā hēo on hire hūs ēode, hēo ġemētte þæt mæġden on hire bedde liċġende and þæt dēofol ūt āgān.
          When she entered her house, she found the girl lying in her bed and the demon gone.
      2. to pass (of time)
      3. to happen
      4. to become known: get out, come out
      Conjugation
      Conjugation of āgān (irregular)
      infinitive āgān āgānne
      indicative mood present tense past tense
      first person singular āgā āēode
      second person singular āgǣst āēodest
      third person singular āgǣþ āēode
      plural āgāþ āēodon
      subjunctive present tense past tense
      singular āgā āēode
      plural āgān āēoden
      imperative
      singular āgā
      plural āgāþ
      participle present past
      āgānde āgān

      Swedish

      Noun

      agan

      1. definite singular of aga

      Anagrams

      Yoruba

      Etymology

      Compare with Igbo àgà

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /à.ɡã̀/

      Noun

      àgàn

      1. childlessness
      2. (sometimes derogatory) A barren woman, a childless woman
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