gengi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈceiɲcɪ/
• Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

Noun

gengi n (genitive singular gengis, nominative plural gengi)

1. success, prosperity

   Synonyms: farsæld, velgengni, velfarnaður

2. (economics) exchange rate
3. team, squad, company

   Synonyms: hópur, flokkur

4. gang (criminal group)

Declension

Declension of gengi (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gengi	gengið	gengi	gengin
accusative	gengi	gengið	gengi	gengin
dative	gengi	genginu	gengjum	gengjunum
genitive	gengis	gengisins	gengja	gengjanna

Derived terms

• brautargengi (“aid, help”)
• gengisbreyting (“exchange rate fluctuation”)
• gengisfelling (“devaluation”)
• gengishækkun (“exchange rate revaluation”)
• gengislækkun (“currency devaluation”)
• gengismunur (“exchange rate difference”)
• gengissig (“currency depreciation”)
• gengisskráning (“foreign exchange listing”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gangiją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Related to ganga (“to go, walk”).

Noun

gengi n (genitive gengis)

1. luck, success
2. help, support

Declension

Declension of gengi (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gengi	gengit	gengi	gengin
accusative	gengi	gengit	gengi	gengin
dative	gengi	genginu	gengjum	gengjunum
genitive	gengis	gengisins	gengja	gengjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gengi
• →? Old English: genge
  • Middle English: genge, geng, ging, gyng, gynge
    • English: ging (obsolete)
    • Middle Scots: ging

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gengi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gengi

1. weak masculine nominative singular of gengr

Verb

gengi

1. third-person singular/plural past subjunctive active of ganga