agg

See also: ägg and agg.

English

Adjective

agg (not comparable)

1. Clipping of aggravated.

Verb

agg (third-person singular simple present aggs, present participle agging, simple past and past participle agged)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of egg (“encourage”)
   • 1923, Lucy S. Furman, The Quare Women: A Story of the Kentucky Mountains, page 38:

     And as for Cynthy, his maw, she won't hardly speak to me; and, though she is my offspring, is the bitter-heartedest and keen-tonguedest woman hit ever was my lot to meet up with. But for her agging him on, hit is my belief Fulty never would [do anything].

Anagrams

• GAG, gag

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *soŋkɜ, *soŋɜ (“old, grow old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒɡː]

Adjective

agg (not comparable)

1. very old, aged

Synonyms

• öreg

Derived terms

• agglegény
• aggság

Noun

agg (plural aggok)

1. old man

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	agg	aggok
accusative	aggot	aggokat
dative	aggnak	aggoknak
instrumental	aggal	aggokkal
causal-final	aggért	aggokért
translative	aggá	aggokká
terminative	aggig	aggokig
essive-formal	aggként	aggokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	aggban	aggokban
superessive	aggon	aggokon
adessive	aggnál	aggoknál
illative	aggba	aggokba
sublative	aggra	aggokra
allative	agghoz	aggokhoz
elative	aggból	aggokból
delative	aggról	aggokról
ablative	aggtól	aggoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	aggé	aggoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	aggéi	aggokéi

Possessive forms of agg
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	aggom	aggjaim
2nd person sing.	aggod	aggjaid
3rd person sing.	aggja	aggjai
1st person plural	aggunk	aggjaink
2nd person plural	aggotok	aggjaitok
3rd person plural	aggjuk	aggjaik

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse aga (“to threaten”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be depressed, afraid”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “distress, pain”), English ey and awe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɡː/

Noun

agg n (definite singular agget, uncountable)

1. enmity, ill will (often implying that the enmity is hidden)

Further reading

• “agg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Scots

Alternative forms

• ag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡ/
• IPA^(key): /ak/

Noun

agg (plural aggs)

1. (Shetland, Orkney) The wash of waves on the seashore as caused by a steady wind from the sea.
2. (Shetland, Orkney) Foam near the shore and its contents.
3. (Shetland, Orkney) Stir, eagerness.

Verb

agg (third-person singular simple present aggs, present participle aggin, simple past agged, past participle agged)

1. (Orkney) to swarm
2. (Orkney) to be full of

Further reading

• “agg” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “agg”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[1]

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse aga (“to threaten”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be depressed, afraid”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “distress, pain”), English ey and awe.

Noun

agg n

1. aversion, grudge, hate

Declension

Declension of agg
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	agg	agget	—	—
Genitive	aggs	aggets	—	—

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from .

Adjective

1. Inside out.

   agg sia

   the reverse side

2. Averse, irate, angry.

Noun

1. Water that flows back against the current due to terrain or rocks; whirlpool.
2. Headwind, wind from an unexpected direction..