geong

Old English

Alternative forms

• jung, iung

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jungaz, contracted form of an earlier *juwungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-. Cognate with Old Frisian jung, Old Saxon giung (Low German jung), Dutch jong, Old High German junc (German jung), Old Norse ungr (Swedish ung), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs); and with Latin juvenis (“young”), Old Irish oac (“young”), Albanian vogël, vogl (“small, young”), Russian ю́ный (júnyj, “youthful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /junɡ/, [juŋɡ]

Adjective

ġeong (comparative ġingra, superlative ġinġest)

1. young
2. new, recent
3. (in the superlative) latest, last

Declension

Declension of ġeong — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeong	ġeong	ġeong
Accusative	ġeongne	ġeonge	ġeong
Genitive	ġeonges	ġeongre	ġeonges
Dative	ġeongum	ġeongre	ġeongum
Instrumental	ġeonge	ġeongre	ġeonge
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeonge	ġeonga, ġeonge	ġeong
Accusative	ġeonge	ġeonga, ġeonge	ġeong
Genitive	ġeongra	ġeongra	ġeongra
Dative	ġeongum	ġeongum	ġeongum
Instrumental	ġeongum	ġeongum	ġeongum

Declension of ġeong — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeonga	ġeonge	ġeonge
Accusative	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeonge
Genitive	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Dative	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Instrumental	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Accusative	ġeongan	ġeongan	ġeongan
Genitive	ġeongra, ġeongena	ġeongra, ġeongena	ġeongra, ġeongena
Dative	ġeongum	ġeongum	ġeongum
Instrumental	ġeongum	ġeongum	ġeongum

Descendants

• Middle English: yong, yonge, yongge, young, younge, yung, yunge, iunge, yoing, yeng, yenge, ying, yinge, yyng, ynge, yhong, yhonge, yhung, yhyng, ȝohng, ȝeing, ȝhong, ȝong, ȝonge, ȝoung, ȝounge, ȝung, ȝunge, ȝungge, ȝeng, ȝenge, ȝing, ȝinge, ȝyng, ȝynge, ȝyonge, ȝonke, ȝoyng, ȝeonge, ȝuinge, ȝeunge, ȝiung, gunge, ging, ginge, jung
  • English: young
  • Scots: young