Old English · verb

genugan

Normalised ġenugan

Part of speech: verb
IPA: /jeˈnu.ɡɑn/
[jeˈnu.ɣɑn]
Syllables: je · ˈnu · ɡɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: suffice sufficient

Meaning

to be sufficient, be enough, suffice
to not lack

Conjugation

Conjugation of genugan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ġeneah	ġenohte
2nd singular	–	ġenohtest
3rd singular	ġeneah	ġenohte
Plural	ġenugon	ġenohton
Subjunctive
Singular	ġenuge	ġenohte
Plural	ġenugen	ġenohten

Non-finite forms of genugan
	Form
Infinitive	ġenugan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganuganą (“to be permitted, be enough”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Old Frisian nōgia (“to be enough”), Old Saxon ginuht from the unrecorded verb *ginugan, Old High German ginuogen (“to suffice”), Old Norse nógja (“to suffice”), Gothic (ganōhjan, “to be content”), Old English ġenēah (“sufficiency, abundance”).

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