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Old English · suffix

-gian

Part of speech: suffix
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ɡi.ɑn/
Syllables: ɡi · ɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: -ew -ow intensive -y

Meaning

Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives, often with an intensive effect

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	-giġe	-gode
2nd singular	-gast	-godest
3rd singular	-gaþ	-gode
Plural	-giaþ	-godon
Subjunctive
Singular	-giġe	-gode
Plural	-giġen	-goden

Non-finite forms of -gian
	Form
Infinitive	-gian
Inflected infinitive	-gienne
Imperative singular	-ga
Imperative plural	-giaþ
Present participle	-giende
Past participle	-god

All forms (14)

-giġe
-gode
-gast
-godest
-gaþ
-giaþ
-godon
-giġen
-goden
-gian
-gienne
-ga
-giende
-god

Etymology

From the fusion of Proto-West Germanic *-igōn, *-īgōn, *-agōn, *-ugōn, from Proto-Germanic *-gōną, equivalent to -iġ + -ian. Cognate with Old High German -igōn, -agōn, Old Norse -ga.

Descendants

-ew, -ow, -y

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