eg
English
Adverb
eg (not comparable)
- Alternative form of e.g.
Anagrams
Acehnese
Verb
eg
- to sleep
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Afrikaans
Etymology 1
Noun
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
eg (present eg, present participle eggende, past participle geëg)
Danish
Etymology
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From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)
Inflection
Synonyms
Further reading
- eg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch egge.
Noun
eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje n)
Alternative forms
- egge (dated)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
eg
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of eggen
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of eggen
Anagrams
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek (whence also Old English iċ, Old High German ih), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
- Eg eti døgurða.
- I am eating dinner.
Declension
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra |
Synonyms
- jeg (Suðuroy dialect)
References
- í Skála, Anfinnur, Mikkelsen, Jonhard (2007) “eg”, in Føroysk-ensk orðabók. Faroese-English Dictionary, Vestmanna: Sprotin
Icelandic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older Icelandic ek, from Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare with Faroese eg, Norn eg and Norwegian Nynorsk eg.
Pronoun
eg
See also
Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | ég, eg, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Noun
eg
Norn
Etymology
From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronoun
eg
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to English I.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
eg (accusative meg)
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
References
- “eg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
ēġ f
- Alternative form of īeġ
Pumpokol
Etymology
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔes. Compare Kott ēš, Arin es, eš. Also from the same root is Pumpokol eč (“sky”).
Noun
eg
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- ace:Sleep
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