See also: Agan, agán, aĝan, ağan, ägan, and -agán

Cornish

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Alternative forms

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  • (short form) gàn
  • (after certain words) -'gan

Etymology

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Compare Welsh ein.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˌæɡən/

Determiner

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agan

  1. our

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɡɑn/, [ˈɑː.ɣɑn]

Verb

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āgan

  1. to own, possess
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
      wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.
      thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own
      a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.
  2. to cause to own: to give, to deliver
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  • Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
    • English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
    • Scots: aw, awe

Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān. Equivalent to ā- +‎ gān.

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āgān

  1. to go out, (in the past participle) gone
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:30
      Þā hēo on hire hūs ēode, hēo ġemētte þæt mæġden on hire bedde liċġende and þæt dēofol ūt āgān.
      When she entered her house, she found the girl lying in her bed and the demon gone.
  2. to pass (of time)
  3. to happen
  4. to become known: get out, come out
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Swedish

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Noun

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agan

  1. definite singular of aga

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Yoruba

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Etymology

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Compare with Igbo àgà

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Noun

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àgàn

  1. childlessness
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A barren woman, a childless woman