gagn
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kakn/
Declension
Declension of gagn | ||||
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n5 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gagn | gagnið | gøgn | gøgnini |
accusative | gagn | gagnið | gøgn | gøgnini |
dative | gagni | gagninum | gøgnum | gøgnunum |
genitive | gagns | gagnsins | gagna | gagnanna |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *kom (“next to, at, with, along”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kakn/
- Rhymes: -akn
Noun
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *kom (“next to, at, with, along”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡaŋn]
Declension
Declension of gagn | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | gagn | gagnet | — | — |
Genitive | gagns | gagnets | — | — |
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