mugan

Basque

Noun

mugan

1. inessive singular of muga (“border”)

Postposition

mugan

1. (+genitive, locative) after (a period of time (in the past))

   bost egunen mugan ― after five days

2. about to, on the verge of

   Azterketa hasteko mugan dago. ― The exam is about to start.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *magan.

Verb

mugan

1. may, to be allowed to
2. can, to be able to

Inflection

Conjugation of mugan (preterite-present)

infinitive	mugan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	mag	mohta
2nd person singular	maht	mohtos
3rd person singular	mag	mohta
1st person plural	mugon	mohton
2nd person plural	mugot	mohtot
3rd person plural	mugon	mohton
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	mugi	muhti
2nd person singular	mugis	muhtis
3rd person singular	mugi	muhti
1st person plural	mugin	muhtin
2nd person plural	mugit	muhtit
3rd person plural	mugin	muhtin
imperative	present
singular	-
plural	-
participle	present	past
	mugandi	gimoht, gimugan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: mōgen
  • Dutch: mogen, meugen (dialectal)
    • Afrikaans: mag
  • Limburgish: moge

Further reading

• “mugan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ɡɑn/, [ˈmuː.ɣɑn]

Noun

mūgan

1. inflection of mūga:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *magan. Cognate with Old English magan, Old Frisian muga, Old Saxon mugan, Old Dutch mugan, Old Norse mega.

Verb

mugan

1. (auxiliary) can, be able, must, shall, may

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• magan

Descendants

• Middle High German: mugen, mogen, magen, megen, mügen, mögen
  • Alemannic German: möge
  • Bavarian: megn
  • Central Franconian: mugge
  • Cimbrian: mögan, möng (Luserna)
  • German: mögen
    • → Central Franconian: müjje
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: meege

  • Yiddish: מעגן (megn)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *magan.

Verb

mugan

1. may, to be allowed to

   that ik hier ni mag ēniga huīla libbian

   That I shouldn't live any moment

   (Genesis, verse 67)

2. can, to be able to

   uundron huuō mag that giuuerðan sō

   To wonder how it could have happened so

   (Heliand, verse 141)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mugan (preterite-present)

infinitive	mugan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	mag, mah	mohta
2nd person singular	maht	mohtes
3rd person singular	mag, mah	mohta
plural	mugun	mohtun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	mugi	mohti
2nd person singular	mugis	mohtis
3rd person singular	mugi	mohti
plural	mugin	mohtin
imperative	present
singular	—
plural	—
participle	present	past
	mugandi	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: mogen, mögen
  • Low German: mögen, mägen

    German Low German: mögen

Spanish

Verb

mugan

1. third-person plural present indicative of mugar