ganga

See also gänga, and gånga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

Verb

ganga (third person singular past indicative gekk, third person plural past indicative gingu, supine gingið)

1. to walk

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ganga

ganga, v-51
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	gangi	gongur	gongur	ganga
Past	gekk	gekst	gekk	gingu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	gakk !	—	gangið !
Infinitive	ganga
Pres. part.	gangandi
Past part. a26	gingin
Supine	gingið

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French

Etymology

From Catalan ganga, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɑ̃ɡa/

Noun

ganga m (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse

Anagrams

• gagna

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkauŋka/
• Rhymes: -auŋka

Etymology

From Old Norse ganga.

Verb

ganga strong verb (third person singular past indicative gekk, third person plural past indicative gengu, supine gengið)

1. (intransitive) to walk, to ride on shanks' mare ^syn.

   Hvert viltu ganga?

   Where do you want to walk to?

2. (intransitive, of machinery) to work, operate, run

   Gengur klukkan?

   Does the clock work?

3. (intransitive, well or badly, of progress) to go

   Hreinsunin gengur vel.

   The cleaning is going well.

4. (intransitive) to fit, to go, to be satisfactory, to do

   Heldurðu að þessi kjóll gangi ekki við rauðu kápuna mína?

   Don't you think this dress will go with my red coat?

Conjugation

ganga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að ganga
supine (sagnbót)		gengið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		gangandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég geng	við göngum	present (nútíð)	ég gangi	við göngum
	þú gengur	þið gangið		þú gangir	þið gangið
	hann, hún, það gengur	þeir, þær, þau ganga		hann, hún, það gangi	þeir, þær, þau gangi
past (þátíð)	ég gekk	við gengum	past (þátíð)	ég gengi	við gengjum
	þú gekkst	þið genguð		þú gengir	þið gengjuð
	hann, hún, það gekk	þeir, þær, þau gengu		hann, hún, það gengi	þeir, þær, þau gengju
imperative (boðháttur)	gakk (þú)	gangið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	gakktu	gangiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

gangast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að gangast
supine (sagnbót)		gangist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		gangandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég gengst	við göngumst	present (nútíð)	ég gangist	við göngumst
	þú gengst	þið gangist		þú gangist	þið gangist
	hann, hún, það gengst	þeir, þær, þau gangast		hann, hún, það gangist	þeir, þær, þau gangist
past (þátíð)	ég gekkst	við gengumst	past (þátíð)	ég gengist	við gengjumst
	þú gekkst	þið gengust		þú gengist	þið gengjust
	hann, hún, það gekkst	þeir, þær, þau gengust		hann, hún, það gengist	þeir, þær, þau gengjust
imperative (boðháttur)	gangst (þú)	gangist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	gangstu	gangisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

genginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	genginn	gengin	gengið		gengnir	gengnar	gengin
accusative (þolfall)	genginn	gengna	gengið		gengna	gengnar	gengin
dative (þágufall)	gengnum	genginni	gengnu		gengnum	gengnum	gengnum
genitive (eignarfall)	gengins	gengnnar	gengins		genginna	genginna	genginna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	gengni	gengna	gengna		gengnu	gengnu	gengnu
accusative (þolfall)	gengna	gengnu	gengna		gengnu	gengnu	gengnu
dative (þágufall)	gengna	gengnu	gengna		gengnu	gengnu	gengnu
genitive (eignarfall)	gengna	gengnu	gengnu		gengnu	gengnu	gengnu

Derived terms

• ganga (noun)
• gangur
• -gengill
• ganga eins og í sögu
• ganga úr skugga um
• gangi þér vel

Synonyms

• (to ride on shanks' mare): ^def. fara á tveimur jafnfljótum

Noun

ganga f (genitive singular göngu, plural göngur)

1. an excursion on foot; a walk, a stroll, a hike
2. in the plural only, the annual herding of sheep

Declension

declension of ganga

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ganga	gangan	göngur	göngurnar
accusative	göngu	gönguna	göngur	göngurnar
dative	göngu	göngunni	göngum	göngunum
genitive	göngu	göngunnar	gangna	gangnanna

Synonyms

• gönguferð

Derived terms

• fjallganga
• gönguferð
• göngutúr

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Italian

Noun

ganga f (plural ganghe)

1. gang (of people)
2. gangue, tailings

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Imitative of the bird's shout.

Noun

Wikipedia ^es

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse (bird of the family Pteroclididae)
2. bargain (advantageous purchase)

Usage notes

• Ganga is a false friend, and does not mean "gang". The words for “gang” in Spanish are pandilla and mara.

Synonyms

• (advantageous purchase): bicoca f

Etymology 2

From English gang

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Puerto Rico) gang

Synonyms

• pandilla
• mara

Etymology 3

From French gangue

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. gangue