geong

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian jung, Old Saxon jung (Low German jung), Dutch jong, Old High German junc (German jung), Old Norse ungr (Swedish ung), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs); and with Latin juvenis (“young”), Old Irish oac (“young”), Albanian vogël, vogl (“small, young”), Russian ю́ный (júnyj, “youthful”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /junɡ/, [juŋɡ][1]

Adjective

ġeong (comparative ġingra, superlative ġinġest)

  1. young
  2. new, recent
  3. (in the superlative) latest, last
Declension
Declension of ġeong — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġeong ġeong ġeong
Accusative ġeongne ġeonge ġeong
Genitive ġeonges ġeongre ġeonges
Dative ġeongum ġeongre ġeongum
Instrumental ġeonge ġeongre ġeonge
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġeonge ġeonga, ġeonge ġeong
Accusative ġeonge ġeonga, ġeonge ġeong
Genitive ġeongra ġeongra ġeongra
Dative ġeongum ġeongum ġeongum
Instrumental ġeongum ġeongum ġeongum
Declension of ġeong — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġeonga ġeonge ġeonge
Accusative ġeongan ġeongan ġeonge
Genitive ġeongan ġeongan ġeongan
Dative ġeongan ġeongan ġeongan
Instrumental ġeongan ġeongan ġeongan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġeongan ġeongan ġeongan
Accusative ġeongan ġeongan ġeongan
Genitive ġeongra, ġeongena ġeongra, ġeongena ġeongra, ġeongena
Dative ġeongum ġeongum ġeongum
Instrumental ġeongum ġeongum ġeongum
Descendants
  • Middle English: yong
    • English: young
    • Scots: young

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jonɡ/, [joŋɡ]

Noun

ġeong m

  1. alternative form of gang

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *geang, first and third person singular indicative preterite of *gangan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /je͜oːnɡ/, [je͜oːŋɡ][2]

Verb

ġēong

  1. First and third person indicative preterite of gangan

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4
  2. ^ Hogg, Richard (1992) A Grammar of Old English, volume 1: Phonology, Oxford: Blackwell, →ISBN, page 269
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