egin

See also: Egin

Basque

Verb

egin ? (imperfect participle egiten, future participle egingo or eginen, short form egin, verbal noun egite)

1. to do, make, create, produce
2. (age) to be

   Bihar 30 urte egingo ditu. - She'll be 30 tomorrow.

3. (language) to speak

   Egin dezagun ingelesez. - Let's speak English.

4. to assume, suppose
5. to play

   kartetan egin - to play cards

6. to become

Usage notes

Egin is often used to form compound verbs out of nouns. For example:

• lo egin = to sleep
• barre egin = to laugh
• amets egin = to dream

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Faroese

Adjective

egin

1. own

Usage notes

• egið forlag (“self-published”)

Declension

egin a26
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	egin	egin	egið
Accusative (hvønnfall)	egnan	egna
Dative (hvørjumfall)	egnum	egnari	egnum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(egins)	(egnar)	(egins)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	egnir	egnar	egin
Accusative (hvønnfall)	egnar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	egnum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(egna)

Derived terms

• eginleiki

Related terms

• eiga (to own)

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish éicen (“necessity, compulsion; force; violence; tyranny; difficulty, need, trouble, strait; necessitousness”).

Noun

egin m

1. force

   er egin hene ― by sheer force

   egin ny tarraghtyn ― force of the circumstances

2. rape

   egin ny Sabeenee ― the Rape of the Sabines

Derived terms

• shegin (“to have to”)