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Old English · verb

ginan

Normalised ġīnan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class I
IPA: /ˈjiː.nɑn/
Syllables: ˈjiː · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: gape yawn

Meaning

to yawn, gape

Conjugation

Conjugation of ginan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ġīne	gān
2nd singular	ġīnst	ġine
3rd singular	ġīnþ	gān
Plural	ġīnaþ	ġinon
Subjunctive
Singular	ġīne	ġine
Plural	ġīnen	ġinen

Non-finite forms of ginan
	Form
Infinitive	ġīnan
Inflected infinitive	ġīnenne
Imperative singular	ġīn
Imperative plural	ġīnaþ
Present participle	ġīnende
Past participle	ġinen ġeġinen

All forms (14)

ġīne
gān
ġīnst
ġine
ġīnþ
ġīnaþ
ġinon
ġīnen
ġinen
ġīnan
ġīnenne
ġīn
ġīnende
ġeġinen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gīnan, from Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₂ey-, itself from *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”).

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