agna

See also: ägna

Icelandic

Noun

agna

1. indefinite genitive plural of agn

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Latin

Etymology 1

From agnus (“lamb”).

Noun

agna f (genitive agnae); first declension

1. A ewe lamb.

Declension

Note that the ablative plural has the alternative form agnabus. First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agna	agnae
Genitive	agnae	agnārum
Dative	agnae	agnīs
Accusative	agnam	agnās
Ablative	agnā	agnīs
Vocative	agna	agnae

Derived terms

• agnella
• agnicula

 

Related terms

• agnellus
• agniculus
• agnīna

• agnīnus
• agnus

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare English awn, Lithuanian ašnìs (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

agna f (genitive agnae); first declension

1. A blade, straw; ear of grain.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agna	agnae
Genitive	agnae	agnārum
Dative	agnae	agnīs
Accusative	agnam	agnās
Ablative	agnā	agnīs
Vocative	agna	agnae

References

• agna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• agna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• agna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Swedish

Pronunciation

•  IPA^(key): /aŋna/

Verb

agna (present agnar, preterite agnade, supine agnat, imperative agna)

1. to bait; to affix bait to a fishing tool

Conjugation

Conjugation of agna (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	agna	agnas
Present tense	agnar	agnas
Past tense	agnade	agnades
Supine	agnat	agnats
Imperative	agna	—
Present participle	agnande
Past participle	agnad