jag

See also Jag, and JAG

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jăg, IPA: /d͡ʒæɡ/, X-SAMPA: /dZ{g/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

The noun is from late Middle English jagge, the verb is from jaggen.

Noun

jag (plural jags)

1. A sharp projection.
2. (Scotland) A medical injection.

Derived terms

• jagged

Verb

jag (third-person singular simple present jags, present participle jagging, simple past and past participle jagged)

1. To cut unevenly.
2. (Pittsburgh) To tease.

Etymology 2

Circa 1597; originally "load of broom or furze", variant of British English dialectal chag (“tree branch; branch of broom or furze”), from Old English ċeacga (“broom, furze”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (compare dialectal German Kag (“stump, cabbage, stalk”), Swedish dialect kage (“stumps”), Norwegian dialect kage (“low bush”), of unknown origin.

Noun

jag (plural jags)

1. A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 88:

     ‘People who spend their money for second-hand sex jags are as nervous as dowagers who can't find the rest-room.’

2. a one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.

Translations

binge or overindulgence

one-horse cart load

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Translations to be checked

• German: Zahn m, Zacke f, Kerbe f, Auszackung f, Riss m

See also

• Jag
• JAG

Anagrams

• JGA

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /laːɡ/, [læjˀ]

Noun

jag n (singular definite jaget, plural indefinite jag)

1. hurry, rush
2. twinge, (a sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side)

Inflection

    Inflection of jag

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	jag	jaget	jag	jagene
genitive	jags	jagets	jags	jagenes

Verb

jag

1. imperative of jage

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːk

Verb

jag

1. Imperative singular of jagen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of jagen.

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Lojban

Rafsi

jag

1. rafsi of jalge.

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

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Verb

jag

1. chase; imperative of jage

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Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagni-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ngʷni-. Cognate with Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Hindi आग (āg).

Noun

jag f (plural jaga)

1. fire

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old East Norse jak (cf. Old Norse ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈjɑːɡ/, or IPA: /ˈjɑː/

Pronoun

jag

1. I

   Jag läser en bok.

   I read a book.

   Bara du och jag.

   Just you and me.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nd person	ni	er	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina

Noun

jag n

1. (psychology) I, self

Declension

Declension of jag

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	jag	jaget
genitive	jags	jagets

Related terms

• jagkänsla
• överjag