ung

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Compare Swedish ung, Icelandic ungur, Dutch jong, German jung, English young.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ung (neuter ungt, plural and definite singular attributive unge, comparative yngre, superlative (predicative) yngst, superlative (attributive) yngste)

  1. young

Further reading[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ung

  1. strong nominative singular feminine of ungur

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish oingid, from Latin ungō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ung (present analytic ungann, future analytic ungfaidh, verbal noun ungadh, past participle ungtha)

  1. (transitive, religion, etc.) anoint (with oil, ointment, etc.)
    Synonym: olaigh

Conjugation[edit]

conjugation of ung (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present ungaim ungann tú;
ungair† 		ungann sé, sí ungaimid ungann sibh ungann siad;
ungaid† 		a ungann; a ungas /
a n-ungann*; a n-ungas* 		ungtar
past d'ung mé; d'ungas /
ung mé‡; ungas‡ 		d'ung tú; d'ungais /
ung tú; ungais‡ 		d'ung sé, sí /
ung sé, sí‡ 		d'ungamar; d'ung muid /
ungamar; ung muid‡ 		d'ung sibh; d'ungabhair /
ung sibh;
ungabhair‡ 		d'ung siad; d'ungadar /
ung siad; ungadar‡ 		a d'ung /
ar ung* 		ungadh;
hungadh†
past habitual d'ungainn /
ungainn‡; n-ungainn‡‡ 		d'ungtá /
ungtá‡; n-ungtᇇ 		d'ungadh sé, sí /
ungadh sé, sí‡; n-ungadh sé, s퇇 		d'ungaimis; d'ungadh muid /
ungaimis; ungadh muid‡; n-ungaimis‡‡; n-ungadh muid‡‡ 		d'ungadh sibh /
ungadh sibh‡; n-ungadh sibh‡‡ 		d'ungaidís; d'ungadh siad /
ungaidís; ungadh siad‡; n-ungaidís‡‡; n-ungadh siad‡‡ 		a d'ungadh /
a n-ungadh* 		d'ungtaí /
ungtaí‡; n-ungta퇇
future ungfaidh mé;
ungfad 		ungfaidh tú;
ungfair† 		ungfaidh sé, sí ungfaimid;
ungfaidh muid 		ungfaidh sibh ungfaidh siad;
ungfaid† 		a ungfaidh; a ungfas /
a n-ungfaidh*; a n-ungfas* 		ungfar
conditional d'ungfainn / ungfainn‡; n-ungfainn‡‡ d'ungfá / ungfá‡; n-ungfᇇ d'ungfadh sé, sí / ungfadh sé, sí‡; n-ungfadh sé, s퇇 d'ungfaimis; d'ungfadh muid / ungfaimis‡; ungfadh muid‡; n-ungfaimis‡‡; n-ungfadh muid‡‡ d'ungfadh sibh / ungfadh sibh‡; n-ungfadh sibh‡‡ d'ungfaidís; d'ungfadh siad / ungfaidís‡; ungfadh siad‡; n-ungfaidís‡‡; n-ungfadh siad‡‡ a d'ungfadh /
a n-ungfadh* 		d'ungfaí / ungfaí‡; n-ungfa퇇
subjunctive present go n-unga mé;
go n-ungad† 		go n-unga tú;
go n-ungair† 		go n-unga sé, sí go n-ungaimid;
go n-unga muid 		go n-unga sibh go n-unga siad;
go n-ungaid† 		— go n-ungtar
past dá n-ungainn dá n-ungtá dá n-ungadh sé, sí dá n-ungaimis;
dá n-ungadh muid 		dá n-ungadh sibh dá n-ungaidís;
dá n-ungadh siad 		— dá n-ungtaí
imperative ungaim ung ungadh sé, sí ungaimis ungaigí;
ungaidh† 		ungaidís — ungtar
verbal noun ungadh
past participle ungtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms[edit]

  • ungadh (“ointment; unguent, salve”)
  • ungadóir (“ointment-maker, perfumer”)

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ung n-ung hung not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Article[edit]

ung

  1. Alternative form of un

Numeral[edit]

ung (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of un

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (“young”), from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from both *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, life, age, eternity”) + and from *-Hō (“Hoffmann's suffix”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ung (neuter singular ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Akin to English young.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ung (masculine and feminine ung, neuter ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)
    Antonyms: gamal, gammal
    Kven er yngst her? ― Who is the youngest here?

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Rade[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ung

  1. husband

Romanian[edit]

Verb[edit]

ung

  1. inflection of unge:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɵŋː/
  • audio(file)

Adjective[edit]

ung (comparative yngre, superlative yngst)

  1. young
    Antonym: gammal
    en ung, lovande spelare
    a young, promising player
    Natten är ung
    The night is young

Declension[edit]

Inflection of ung
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ung yngre yngst
Neuter singular ungt yngre yngst
Plural unga yngre yngst
Masculine plural3 unga yngre yngst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 unge yngre yngste
All unga yngre yngsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Anagrams[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ung

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Adjective[edit]

ung • (痈, 癰)

  1. addled, rotten

Anagrams[edit]

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier */huːn/, itself from Middle English hung, past of Middle English hangen.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ung

  1. hung

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 73
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