jag
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
The noun is from late Middle English jagge, the verb is from jaggen.
Noun [edit]
jag (plural jags)
- A sharp projection.
- (Scotland) A medical injection.
Derived terms [edit]
Verb [edit]
jag (third-person singular simple present jags, present participle jagging, simple past and past participle jagged)
Etymology 2 [edit]
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 [edit]
jag (plural jags)
- 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.’
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 88:
- a one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
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Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /laːɡ/, [læjˀ]
Noun [edit]
jag n (singular definite jaget, plural indefinite jag)
- hurry, rush
- twinge, (a sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side)
Inflection [edit]
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | jag | jaget | jag | jagene |
| genitive | jags | jagets | jags | jagenes |
Verb [edit]
jag
- imperative of jage
German [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -aːk
Verb [edit]
jag
- Imperative singular of jagen.
- (colloquial) First-person singular present of jagen.
Lojban [edit]
Rafsi [edit]
jag
Norwegian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Verb [edit]
jag
Romani [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagni-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ngʷni-. Cognate with Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Hindi आग (āg).
Noun [edit]
jag f (plural jaga)
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old East Norse jak (cf. Old Norse ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation [edit]
Pronoun [edit]
jag
- I
- Jag läser en bok.
- I read a book.
- Bara du och jag.
- Just you and me.
- Jag läser en bok.
Declension [edit]
Noun [edit]
jag n
Declension [edit]
Related terms [edit]
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Scottish English
- English verbs
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish nouns
- Danish verb forms
- German verb forms
- German verb imperative forms
- German verb singular forms
- German colloquialisms
- German verb first-person forms
- German verb present forms
- Lojban rafsi
- Norwegian verb forms
- Romani terms derived from Sanskrit
- Romani terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Romani terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Romani nouns
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish pronouns
- Swedish nouns
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