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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French ganga, from Catalan ganga.
Noun[edit]
ganga (plural gangas)
Anagrams[edit]
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ganga (third person singular past indicative gekk, third person plural past indicative gingu, supine gingið)
- to walk
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of ganga
| v-51 | ||||
| infinitive | ganga | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | gangandi | |||
| past participle a26 | gingin | |||
| supine | gingið | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | gangi | gongur | gongur | ganga |
| past | gekk | gekst | gekk | gingu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | gakk! | — | gangið! |
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Catalan ganga, of imitative origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ganga m (plural gangas)
Further reading[edit]
- “ganga” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ganga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gekk, third-person plural past indicative gengu, supine gengið)
- (intransitive) to walk
- Hvert viltu ganga?
- Where do you want to walk to?
- (intransitive, of machinery) to work, operate, run
- Gengur klukkan?
- Does the clock work?
- (intransitive, well or badly, of progress) to go
- Hreinsunin gengur vel.
- The cleaning is going well.
- Hreinsunin gengur vel.
- (intransitive) to fit, to go, to be satisfactory, to do
Conjugation[edit]
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að ganga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
gengið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
gangandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég geng | við göngum | present (nútíð) |
ég gangi | við göngum |
| þú gengur | þið gangið | þú gangir | þið gangið | ||
| hann, hún, það gengur | þeir, þær, þau ganga | hann, hún, það gangi | þeir, þær, þau gangi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég gekk | við gengum | past (þátíð) |
ég gengi | við gengjum |
| þú gekkst | þið genguð | þú gengir | þið gengjuð | ||
| hann, hún, það gekk | þeir, þær, þau gengu | hann, hún, það gengi | þeir, þær, þau gengju | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
gakk (þú) | gangið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| gakktu | gangiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að gangast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
gangist | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
gangandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég gengst | við göngumst | present (nútíð) |
ég gangist | við göngumst |
| þú gengst | þið gangist | þú gangist | þið gangist | ||
| hann, hún, það gengst | þeir, þær, þau gangast | hann, hún, það gangist | þeir, þær, þau gangist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég gekkst | við gengumst | past (þátíð) |
ég gengist | við gengjumst |
| þú gekkst | þið gengust | þú gengist | þið gengjust | ||
| hann, hún, það gekkst | þeir, þær, þau gengust | hann, hún, það gengist | þeir, þær, þau gengjust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
gakkst (þú) | gangist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| gakkstu | gangisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
genginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
genginn | gengin | gengið | gengnir | gengnar | gengin | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
genginn | gengna | gengið | gengna | gengnar | gengin | |
| dative (þágufall) |
gengnum | genginni | gengnu | gengnum | gengnum | gengnum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
gengins | gengnnar | gengins | genginna | genginna | genginna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
gengni | gengna | gengna | gengnu | gengnu | gengnu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
gengna | gengnu | gengna | gengnu | gengnu | gengnu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
gengna | gengnu | gengna | gengnu | gengnu | gengnu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
gengna | gengnu | gengnu | gengnu | gengnu | gengnu | |
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Noun[edit]
ganga f (genitive singular göngu, nominative plural göngur)
Declension[edit]
declension of ganga
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ganga
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ganga f (plural ganghe)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
ganga (present tense gjeng, past tense gjekk, past participle gjenge or gjengi, present participle gangande, imperative gakk)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by gå
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Old English gangan, Old Frisian ganga, gunga, Old Saxon gangan, Old High German gangan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ganga (singular past indicative gekk, plural past indicative gengu, past participle genginn)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of ganga — active (strong class 7)
| infinitive | ganga | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | gangandi | |
| past participle | genginn, ginginn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | geng | gekk |
| 2nd-person singular | gengr | gekkt |
| 3rd-person singular | gengr | gekk |
| 1st-person plural | gǫngum | gengum, gingum |
| 2nd-person plural | gangið | genguð, ginguð |
| 3rd-person plural | ganga | gengu, gingu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | ganga | genga, ginga |
| 2nd-person singular | gangir | gengir, gingir |
| 3rd-person singular | gangi | gengi, gingi |
| 1st-person plural | gangim | gengim, gingim |
| 2nd-person plural | gangið | gengið, gingið |
| 3rd-person plural | gangi | gengi, gingi |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | gang | |
| 1st-person plural | gǫngum | |
| 2nd-person plural | gangið | |
Conjugation of ganga — mediopassive (strong class 7)
| infinitive | gangask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | gangandisk | |
| past participle | gengizk, gingizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | gǫngumk | gengumk, gingumk |
| 2nd-person singular | gengsk | gekkzk |
| 3rd-person singular | gengsk | gekksk |
| 1st-person plural | gǫngumsk | gengumsk, gingumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | gangizk | genguzk, ginguzk |
| 3rd-person plural | gangask | gengusk, gingusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | gǫngumk | gengumk, gingumk |
| 2nd-person singular | gangisk | gengisk, gingisk |
| 3rd-person singular | gangisk | gengisk, gingisk |
| 1st-person plural | gangimsk | gengimsk, gingimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | gangizk | gengizk, gingizk |
| 3rd-person plural | gangisk | gengisk, gingisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | gangsk | |
| 1st-person plural | gǫngumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | gangizk | |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
ganga f (plural gangas)
- (mining) gangue (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
- (figuratively) bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Mandarin [Term?].
Noun[edit]
ganga f (plural gangas)
Synonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Imitative of the bird's call.
Noun[edit]
ganga f (plural gangas)
- sandgrouse (bird of the family Pteroclididae)
- bargain (advantageous purchase)
Usage notes[edit]
- Ganga is a false friend, and does not mean "gang". The words for “gang” in Spanish are pandilla and mara.
Synonyms[edit]
- (advantageous purchase): bicoca f
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ganga f (plural gangas)
- (Puerto Rico) gang
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
ganga f (plural gangas)
Swazi[edit]
Verb[edit]
-ganga
- to be naughty, to be mischievous
Inflection[edit]
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu[edit]
Verb[edit]
-ganga
- (intransitive) to be impudent, to be mischievous, to be naughty
Inflection[edit]
References[edit]
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ganga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ganga (6.6.3)”
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