sugen

Cornish

Etymology

From Late Latin sūcus. Compare Welsh sug.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsyɡən/

Noun

sugen m (plural sugenyow)

  1. juice, sap
  2. essence

Derived terms

  • gul sugen (“juice”, verb)
  • sugen aval (“apple juice”)
  • sugen frooth (“fruit juice”)
  • sugen kig (“gravy, stock”)
  • sugen losow (“vegetable stock”)
  • sugen owraval (“orange juice”)
  • sugnek (“juicy”)
  • sugnell (“juicer”)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sūgan

Verb

sugen

  1. (transitive) to suck (up)
  2. (transitive) to suck from, to suckle from
  3. (intransitive) to suck, to suckle

Inflection

Conjugation of sugen (strong class 2)
infinitive base form sugen
genitive sugens
dative sugene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular suge sôoch suge sōge
2nd person singular suuchs, suges sōochs, sōges suuchs, suges sōges
3rd person singular suucht, suget sôoch suge sōge
1st person plural sugen sōgen sugen sōgen
2nd person plural suucht, suget sōocht, sōget suucht, suget sōget
3rd person plural sugen sōgen sugen sōgen
imperative
singular suuch, suge
plural suucht, suget
present past
participle sugende gesōgen

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: zuigen
    • Afrikaans: suig
    • Negerhollands: sug
    • → Sranan Tongo: soygi
  • Limburgish: zuge

Further reading

Middle English

Verb

sugen

  1. alternative form of seien

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sugan (“to suck”)

Pronunciation

  • (originally) IPA(key): /suːɣən/

Verb

sugen

  1. to suck
  2. to draw up liquid

Conjugation

Conjugation of sugen as a class 2b strong verb
plain infinitive sûgen
full infinitive (gerund) tô sûgene or tô sûgende
verbal noun sûgen or sûgent
participles imperative
present sûgende singular sûch
past gesōgen or gesāgen plural sûget
indicative subjunctive
present preterite present preterite
1st person singular sûge sôch sûge sȫge
2nd person singular sü̂gest or sü̂̂chst sōgest or sȫgest sûgest sȫgest
3rd person singular sü̂get or sü̂̂cht sôch sûget sȫge
plural sûgen (sûget?) sōgen or sȫgen sûgen sȫgen

Alternative forms

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from Swedish sugen.

Adjective

sugen (singular and plural sugen, comparative meir sugen, superlative mest sugen)

  1. (colloquial) craving, keen
    Synonym: gira

Swedish

Adjective

sugen (comparative sugnare, superlative sugnast)

  1. (colloquial) craving, in the mood (for)
    Jag är sjukt sugen på sushi
    I'm craving sushi bad
    Nån som är sugen på att se en film?
    Anyone up for watching a movie?
    Jag tänkte beställa käk. Är du sugen?
    I was going to order food. Do you want any?

Declension

Inflection of sugen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sugen sugnare sugnast
neuter singular suget sugnare sugnast
plural sugna sugnare sugnast
masculine plural2 sugne sugnare sugnast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sugne sugnare sugnaste
all sugna sugnare sugnaste

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.

See also

Participle

sugen

  1. past participle of suga

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