mugan

mugan

1. inessive singular of muga (“border”)

mugan

1. (+genitive, locative) after (a period of time (in the past))

   bost egunen mugan ― after five days

2. about to, on the verge of

   Azterketa hasteko mugan dago. ― The exam is about to start.

From Proto-West Germanic *magan.

mugan

1. may, to be allowed to
2. can, to be able to

• Middle Dutch: mōgen
  • Dutch: mogen
    • Afrikaans: mag
  • Limburgish: moge

• “mugan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ɡɑn/, [ˈmuː.ɣɑn]

mūgan

1. inflection of mūga:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular

From Proto-West Germanic *magan. Cognate with Old English magan, Old Frisian muga, Old Saxon mugan, Old Dutch mugan, Old Norse mega.

mugan

1. (auxiliary) can, be able, must, shall, may

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• magan

• Middle High German: mugen, mogen, magen, megen, mügen, mögen
  • Alemannic German: möge
  • Bavarian: megn
  • Central Franconian: mugge
  • Cimbrian: mögan, möng (Luserna)
  • German: mögen
    • → Central Franconian: müjje
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: meege

  • Yiddish: מעגן (megn)

From Proto-West Germanic *magan.

mugan

1. may, to be allowed to

   that ik hier ni mag ēniga huīla libbian

   That I shouldn't live any moment

   (Genesis, verse 67)

2. can, to be able to

   uundron huuō mag that giuuerðan sō

   To wonder how it could have happened so

   (Heliand, verse 141)

• Middle Low German: mogen, mögen
  • Low German: mögen, mägen

    German Low German: mögen

mugan

1. third-person plural present indicative of mugar