egan

See also: Egan

Esperanto

Adjective

egan

  1. accusative singular of ega

Nupe

Etymology

e- (nominalizing prefix) + gàn (to speak)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.ɡã̀/

Noun

egàn (plural egànzhì)

  1. word

Derived terms

  • gangàn (to speak)
  • egàgàn (speech)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan. The adjective is the verb's old past participle, from *aiganaz; the noun is in turn derived from that participle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːɣɑn/

Verb

ēgan

  1. to own, to possess, to have
    than mōtun gi thea fruma ēgan
    Then you have to possess the profit
    (Heliand, verse 1460)

Conjugation

Adjective

ēgan (no comparative, no superlative)

  1. own
    godes ēgan barn
    God's own child
    (Heliand, verse 326)

Declension


Noun

ēgan n

  1. a property
    thes uui thurh thīn iungardōm ēgan endi erƀi al farlētun
    We had refused the properties and the heir in our youth
    (Heliand, verse 3309)

Declension


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