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swigen

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *swīgon, from Proto-West Germanic *swīgēn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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swigen

  1. not to speak, to be silent

Inflection

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Strong class 1
Infinitive swigen
3rd sg. past swêech
3rd pl. past swēgen
Past participle geswēgen
Infinitive swigen
In genitive swigens
In dative swigene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular swige swêech
2nd singular swijchs, swiges swēechs, swēges
3rd singular swijcht, swiget swêech
1st plural swigen swēgen
2nd plural swijcht, swiget swēecht, swēget
3rd plural swigen swēgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular swige swēge
2nd singular swijchs, swiges swēges
3rd singular swige swēge
1st plural swigen swēgen
2nd plural swijcht, swiget swēget
3rd plural swigen swēgen
Imperative Present
Singular swijch, swige
Plural swijcht, swiget
Present Past
Participle swigende geswēgen

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: zwijgen
  • Limburgish: zwiege

Further reading

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German swīgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swīgēn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠wiːɡən/

Verb

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swīgen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present swīget, past tense sweic, past participle geswigen or geswîn, past subjunctive swige, auxiliary hān)
swīgen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present swīget, past tense swīgete, past participle geswīget, auxiliary hān)

  1. not to speak, to be silent

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “swigen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Alteration of chwysigen, from Middle Welsh chuyssigen, an alteration (with the suffix -en) of Proto-Brythonic *guɨsig, from Latin vēsīca (bladder).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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swigen f (plural swigod, not mutable)

  1. bladder
  2. blister
  3. bubble

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “swigen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies