egin

See also: Egin

Basque

Verb

egin

  1. to do, make, create, produce
  2. (age) to be
    Bihar 30 urte egingo ditu. - She'll be 30 tomorrow.
  3. (language) to speak
    Egin dezagun ingelesez. - Let's speak English.
  4. to assume, suppose
  5. to play
    kartetan egin - to play cards
  6. to become

Usage notes

Egin is often used to form compound verbs out of nouns. For example:

  • lo egin = to sleep
  • barre egin = to laugh
  • amets egin = to dream

Conjugation
  egin ― Non-finite forms
perfect stem egin
imperfect stem egiten
future stem egingo
short stem egin
verbal noun egite

Faroese

Adjective

egin

  1. own

Usage notes
  • egið forlag (“self-published”)

Declension
egin a26
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) egin egin egið
Accusative (hvønnfall) egnan egna
Dative (hvørjumfall) egnum egnari egnum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (egins) (egnar) (egins)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) egnir egnar egin
Accusative (hvønnfall) egnar
Dative (hvørjumfall) egnum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (egna)

Derived terms

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish éicen (“necessity, compulsion; force; violence; tyranny; difficulty, need, trouble, strait; necessitousness”).

Noun

egin m

  1. force
    er egin hene ― by sheer force
    egin ny tarraghtyn ― force of the circumstances
  2. rape
    egin ny Sabeenee ― the Rape of the Sabines

Derived terms
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