eg
English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]eg (not comparable)
- Alternative form of e.g.
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]eg (attributive egte, comparative egter, superlative egste)
Adverb
[edit]eg
- Emphasizes the authenticity of the modified adjective
- Potjiekos is 'n verwysing na 'n eg Suid-Afrikaanse kooktegniek
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]eg (present eg, present participle eggende, past participle geëg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eg c (singular definite egen, plural indefinite ege)
Inflection
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]eg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch egge, ultimately from the root of egge (“corner, edge”). Compare German Egge (“harrow”) and German eggen (“to harrow”).
Noun
[edit]eg f (plural eggen, diminutive egje n)
Alternative forms
[edit]- egge (dated)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]eg
- inflection of eggen:
Anagrams
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek (whence also Old English iċ, Old High German ih), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]eg (plural vit, possessive adjectives mín, mítt)
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
- Eg eti døgurða.
- I am eating dinner.
Declension
[edit]Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra |
Synonyms
[edit]- jeg (Suðuroy dialect)
Further reading
[edit]- "eg" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From older Icelandic ek, from Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare with Faroese eg, Norn eg and Norwegian Nynorsk eg.
Pronoun
[edit]eg
See also
[edit]Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | ég, eg, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
Jamaican Creole
[edit]Noun
[edit]eg (plural eg dem, quantified eg)
- Alternative spelling of egg
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Doublet of ey.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eg (plural egges)
Descendants
[edit]- English: egg, egge
- →⇒ German: not the yellow from the egg
- Jamaican Creole: eg
- Sranan Tongo: eksi
- Scots: egg
- Yola: egges (plural)
References
[edit]- “eg(ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.
Norn
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronoun
[edit]eg
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to English I.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɛː(ɡ)/, /eː(ɡ)/
- (Widespread forms) IPA(key): /eː(ɡ)/, /ɛː(ɡ)/, /æː(ɡ)/, as well as forms based on je or jeg in Eastern areas.
- (Diphthongised forms) IPA(key): /eiː(ɡ)/, /ɛːɪ/, /ɪɛɡ/
Pronoun
[edit]eg (accusative meg)
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
[edit]person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
Noun
[edit]eg n (definite singular eget, uncountable)
- (metaphysics) I, ego
References
[edit]- “eg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ēġ f
- Alternative form of īeġ
Pumpokol
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔes. Compare Kott ēš, Arin es, eš. Also from the same root is Pumpokol eč (“sky”).
Noun
[edit]eg
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]eg
- imperative of ega
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