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eigi

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Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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eigi

  1. first-person singular present of eiga

Icelandic

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Adverb

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eigi

  1. (dated or formal) not
    Synonyms: (normal register) ekki, (archaic) ei
    eigi síðar ennot later than

Verb

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eigi

  1. [he/she/it] owns, third-person singular subjunctive present tense of eiga ‘to own’
  2. [I] own, first-person singular subjunctive present tense of eiga ‘to own’
  3. [they] own, third-person plural subjunctive present tense of eiga ‘to own’

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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eigi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine singular of eigen

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From earlier ne eigi from Proto-Germanic *ni aiw-gin (never), from *ne, *ni (not) + *aiw (always, for ever) + *-gin.

Adverb

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eigi

  1. not
    Synonyms: , -at
Descendants
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  • Danish: ej, ikke
  • Faroese: ei
  • Icelandic: eigi, ei, ekki
  • Norn: ye
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ei, ikkje
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ei, ikkje
  • Old Swedish: eigh, eighi, ey, ække, ikke
  • North Frisian: ai, ei

References

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  • eigi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *aigô.

Noun

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eigi m (genitive eiga)

  1. possession
  2. property
Declension
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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch eigen.

Adjective

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eigi

  1. own