Old English · adjective
genge
Normalised genġe
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈɡen.je/[ˈɡen.d͡ʒe]
- Syllables
- ˈɡen · je (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- currentvalidginglavatoryarmeddraintoiletouthouse
genge1 · adjective
Senses
-
current, going, valid
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | genġe | genġugenġo | genġe |
| Accusative | genġne | genġe | genġe |
| Genitive | genġes | genġre | genġes |
| Dative | genġum | genġre | genġum |
| Instrumental | genġe | genġre | genġe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | genġe | genġagenġe | genġugenġo |
| Accusative | genġe | genġagenġe | genġugenġo |
| Genitive | genġra | genġra | genġra |
| Dative | genġum | genġum | genġum |
| Instrumental | genġum | genġum | genġum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | genġa | genġe | genġe |
| Accusative | genġan | genġan | genġe |
| Genitive | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Dative | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Instrumental | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Accusative | genġan | genġan | genġan |
| Genitive | genġragenġena | genġragenġena | genġragenġena |
| Dative | genġum | genġum | genġum |
| Instrumental | genġum | genġum | genġum |
genge2 · noun · feminine
Senses
-
A passage; drain; toilet.
-
An outhouse; a building used as a lavatory.
Declension · weak n-stem
genge3 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
A host or band (of armed men)
Declension · strong ja-stem
All forms (16)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangī, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz.
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gangijā, from *gangan (“to go; to defecate”).
Probably borrowed from Old Norse gengi (“help”), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją. Cognate with Old English genġe (“gang, flock, company”).
Descendants
ging
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