agan

See also: Agan, agán, aĝan, ağan, ägan, and -agán

Cornish

Alternative forms

(short form) gàn
(after certain words) -'gan

Etymology

Compare Welsh ein.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌaɡən/

Determiner

agan

our

**Cornish personal pronouns**
number	person		independent (subject)	suffixed			infixed	possessive (dependent)
number	person		independent (subject)	enclitic	emphatic	reduced	infixed	possessive (dependent)
singular	first		my	vy	evy	ma, a	'm	ow^A
	second		ty	jy, sy¹	tejy	ta, a	'th^M	dha^S
	third²	m	ev	ev	eev	va, a	'n	y^S
	third²	f	hi	hi	hyhi	N/A	's	hy^A
plural	first		ni	ni	nyni		'gan, 'n	agan, 'gan
	second³		hwi	hwi	hwyhwi		'gas, 's	agas, 'gas
	third		i	i	ynsi		's	aga^A, 'ga^A

¹ Uncommon.
² hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
³ Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

^S Triggers soft mutation ^A Triggers aspirate mutation ^M Triggers mixed mutation

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɡɑn/, [ˈɑː.ɣɑn]

Verb

āgan

to own, possess
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
  forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
  wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.
  thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own
  a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.
to cause to own: to give, to deliver

Conjugation

Conjugation of āgan (preterite-present)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	āgan	āgenne
first person singular	āh	āhte
second person singular	āhst	āhtest
third person singular	āh	āhte
plural	āgon	āhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āge	āhte
plural	āgen	āhten
imperative
singular	āge
plural	āgaþ
participle	present	past
	āgende	(ġe)āgen

Descendants

Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
- English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
- Scots: aw, awe

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān. Equivalent to ā- +‎ gān.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɡɑːn/

Verb

āgān

to go out, (in the past participle) gone
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:30
  Þā hēo on hire hūs ēode, hēo ġemētte þæt mæġden on hire bedde liċġende and þæt dēofol ūt āgān.
  When she entered her house, she found the girl lying in her bed and the demon gone.
to pass (of time)
to happen
to become known: get out, come out

Conjugation

Conjugation of āgān (irregular)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	āgān	āgānne
first person singular	āgā	āēode
second person singular	āgǣst	āēodest
third person singular	āgǣþ	āēode
plural	āgāþ	āēodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āgā	āēode
plural	āgān	āēoden
imperative
singular	āgā
plural	āgāþ
participle	present	past
	āgānde	āgān

Swedish

Noun

agan

definite singular of aga

Anagrams

agna

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Igbo àgà

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.ɡã̀/

Noun

àgàn

childlessness
(sometimes derogatory) A barren woman, a childless woman