ögnar
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *unkar, from Proto-Germanic *unkeraz (1st person possessive dual). Compare Icelandic okkar. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Determiner edit
ögnar (plural ögnarn, bon/dar ögnarn) (Sette Comuni)
- our
- Dar ögnar éezel isset bonallame. ― Our donkey eats everything.
- d'ögnarn prüdare un d'ögnarn sbéstare ― our brothers and sisters
- òone bon ögnarn öoben ― one of our sheep
- ours
- De khua ist ögnar. ― The cow is ours.
Usage notes edit
The following rules apply to all Sette Comuni Cimbrian possessive determiners:
- They are inflected by number and gender in only exclamations (i.e. vocative case).
- Before nouns, they are inflected for number only and follow the corresponding definite article (a form of dar).
- The plural ending is -en, or -∅ when the pronoun itself ends in -n.
- Predicatively, they are uninflected and the definite article is not used.
- Following bon (“of”) or dar (the only surviving trace of a genitive definite article; used for all numbers and genders) they end in -darn.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of ögnar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
| ögnardar | ögnara | ögnares | ögnare | |
| These inflections are only used in exclamations. | ||||
Synonyms edit
- ünsar (Luserna)
See also edit
| Possessive determiners | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| 1st person | main | ögnar |
| 2nd person | dain | ôar |
| 3rd person | zain | |
References edit
- “ögnar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Swedish edit
Verb edit
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