oenig

Swedish

Etymology

o- (“un-”) +‎ enig (“agreeing, in agreement”)

Adjective

oenig (comparative oenigare, superlative oenigast)

  1. disagreeing, not in agreement
    Synonym: oense
    Antonym: enig
    Han var oenig med Nisse om vilken stridsformation de skulle använda
    He disagreed with Nisse on which battle formation they were going to use
    De var oeniga om vilken riktning de skulle attackera ifrån
    They disagreed on the direction they were going to attack from

Declension

Inflection of oenig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular oenig oenigare oenigast
neuter singular oenigt oenigare oenigast
plural oeniga oenigare oenigast
masculine plural2 oenige oenigare oenigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 oenige oenigare oenigaste
all oeniga oenigare oenigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

Welsh

Etymology

oen (“lamb”) +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

Noun

oenig f

  1. theave, gimmer, ewe lamb

Mutation

Mutated forms of oenig
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
oenig unchanged unchanged hoenig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “oenig”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “oenig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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