ung

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ung"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Compare Swedish ung, Icelandic ungur, Dutch jong, German jung, English young.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔŋˀ]

Adjective

ung (neuter ungt, plural and definite singular attributive unge, comparative yngre, superlative (predicative) yngst, superlative (attributive) yngste)

1. young

Further reading

• “ung” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ung” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Icelandic

Adjective

ung

1. strong nominative singular feminine of ungur

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Irish

Alternative forms

• ong

Etymology

From Old Irish oingid, from Latin ungō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌŋ(ɡ)/

Verb

ung (present analytic ungann, future analytic ungfaidh, verbal noun ungadh, past participle ungtha)

1. (transitive, religion, etc.) anoint (with oil, ointment, etc.)

   Synonym: olaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of ung (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	ungaim	ungann tú; ungair†	ungann sé, sí	ungaimid	ungann sibh	ungann siad; ungaid†	a ungann; a ungas / a n-ungann*	ungtar
	past	d'ung mé; d'ungas / ung mé‡; ungas‡	d'ung tú; d'ungais / ung tú; ungais‡	d'ung sé, sí / ung sé, sí‡	d'ungamar; d'ung muid / ungamar; ung muid‡	d'ung sibh; d'ungabhair / ung sibh; ungabhair‡	d'ung siad; d'ungadar / ung siad; ungadar‡	a d'ung / ar ung*	ungadh; hungadh†
	past habitual	d'ungainn / ungainn‡; n-ungainn‡‡	d'ungtá / ungtá‡; n-ungtᇇ	d'ungadh sé, sí / ungadh sé, sí‡; n-ungadh sé, s퇇	d'ungaimis; d'ungadh muid / ungaimis; ungadh muid‡; n-ungaimis‡‡; n-ungadh muid‡‡	d'ungadh sibh / ungadh sibh‡; n-ungadh sibh‡‡	d'ungaidís; d'ungadh siad / ungaidís; ungadh siad‡; n-ungaidís‡‡; n-ungadh siad‡‡	a d'ungadh / a n-ungadh*	d'ungtaí / ungtaí‡; n-ungta퇇
future		ungfaidh mé; ungfad	ungfaidh tú; ungfair†	ungfaidh sé, sí	ungfaimid; ungfaidh muid	ungfaidh sibh	ungfaidh siad; ungfaid†	a ungfaidh; a ungfas / a n-ungfaidh*	ungfar
conditional		d'ungfainn / ungfainn‡; n-ungfainn‡‡	d'ungfá / ungfá‡; n-ungfᇇ	d'ungfadh sé, sí / ungfadh sé, sí‡; n-ungfadh sé, s퇇	d'ungfaimis; d'ungfadh muid / ungfaimis‡; ungfadh muid‡; n-ungfaimis‡‡; n-ungfadh muid‡‡	d'ungfadh sibh / ungfadh sibh‡; n-ungfadh sibh‡‡	d'ungfaidís; d'ungfadh siad / ungfaidís‡; ungfadh siad‡; n-ungfaidís‡‡; n-ungfadh siad‡‡	a d'ungfadh / a n-ungfadh*	d'ungfaí / ungfaí‡; n-ungfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-unga mé; go n-ungad†	go n-unga tú; go n-ungair†	go n-unga sé, sí	go n-ungaimid; go n-unga muid	go n-unga sibh	go n-unga siad; go n-ungaid†	—	go n-ungtar
	past	dá n-ungainn	dá n-ungtá	dá n-ungadh sé, sí	dá n-ungaimis; dá n-ungadh muid	dá n-ungadh sibh	dá n-ungaidís; dá n-ungadh siad	—	dá n-ungtaí
imperative		ungaim	ung	ungadh sé, sí	ungaimis	ungaigí; ungaidh†	ungaidís	—	ungtar
verbal noun		ungadh
past participle		ungtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms

• ungadh (“ointment; unguent, salve”)
• ungadóir (“ointment-maker, perfumer”)

Related terms

• ungthach (“anointed person”)
• ungthach (“unctuous”)
• An tUngthach
• ungthacht (“unctuousness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ung	n-ung	hung	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ung”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “anoint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59

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Middle French

Article

ung

1. Alternative form of un

Numeral

ung (invariable)

1. Alternative form of un

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (“young”), from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from both *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, life, age, eternity”) + and from *-Hō (“Hoffmann's suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊŋ/

Adjective

ung (neuter singular ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

1. young (in the early part of life or growth)

Derived terms

• evigung
• ungdom

 

References

• “ung” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Akin to English young.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊŋː/

Adjective

ung (masculine and feminine ung, neuter ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

1. young (in the early part of life or growth)

   Kven er yngst her? ― Who is the youngest here?

   Antonyms: gamal, gammal

Derived terms

• evigung
• ungdom

 

References

• “ung” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Rade

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uuŋ/, [ʔuuŋ]

Noun

ung

1. husband

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Romanian

Verb

ung

1. inflection of unge:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɵŋ/

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Adjective

ung (comparative yngre, superlative yngst)

1. young

   Antonym: gammal

Declension

Inflection of ung
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	ung	yngre	yngst
Neuter singular	ungt	yngre	yngst
Plural	unga	yngre	yngst
Masculine plural3	unga	yngre	yngst
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	unge	yngre	yngste
All	unga	yngre	yngsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• yngling

Anagrams

• Gun, ugn

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• iyon (standard)
• 'yon (contraction)
• 'yun (contraction, nonstandard)
• 'yong (contraction, with enclitic)
• 'yung (contraction, nonstandard, with enclitic)
• un (IM / SMS)
• yaong (archaic, with enclitic)

Etymology

From 'yung, contraction of iyong (iyon +‎ -ng), where the "yu" was replaced with English U, read as in the English letter, but it still uses the Tagalog -ng suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juŋ/

Determiner

ung

1. (colloquial, text messaging, slang) Alternative form of iyong (that which is indicated or understood from context)

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

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Noun

ung

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Adjective

ung • (痈, 癰)

1. addled, rotten

Anagrams

• ngu

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Yola

Etymology

From Middle English hangen, from Old English hangian, from Proto-West Germanic *hangēn.

Verb

ung

1. hung

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 73