gnaga
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse gnaga. Akin to English gnaw.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgnaga (present tense gnagar or gneg, past tense gnaga or gnog, past participle gnaga or gnege, present participle gnagande, imperative gnag)
- to gnaw
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “gnaga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editEtymology
edit- to gnaw
Conjugation
editConjugation of gnaga — active (weak class 2)
infinitive | gnaga | |
---|---|---|
present participle | gnagandi | |
past participle | gnagaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gnaga | gnagaða |
2nd-person singular | gnagar | gnagaðir |
3rd-person singular | gnagar | gnagaði |
1st-person plural | gnǫgum | gnǫguðum |
2nd-person plural | gnagið | gnǫguðuð |
3rd-person plural | gnaga | gnǫguðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gnaga | gnagaða |
2nd-person singular | gnagir | gnagaðir |
3rd-person singular | gnagi | gnagaði |
1st-person plural | gnagim | gnagaðim |
2nd-person plural | gnagið | gnagaðið |
3rd-person plural | gnagi | gnagaði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | gnaga | |
1st-person plural | gnǫgum | |
2nd-person plural | gnagið |
Conjugation of gnaga — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive | gnagask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | gnagandisk | |
past participle | gnagazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gnǫgumk | gnǫguðumk |
2nd-person singular | gnagask | gnagaðisk |
3rd-person singular | gnagask | gnagaðisk |
1st-person plural | gnǫgumsk | gnǫguðumsk |
2nd-person plural | gnagizk | gnǫguðuzk |
3rd-person plural | gnagask | gnǫguðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gnǫgumk | gnǫguðumk |
2nd-person singular | gnagisk | gnagaðisk |
3rd-person singular | gnagisk | gnagaðisk |
1st-person plural | gnagimsk | gnagaðimsk |
2nd-person plural | gnagizk | gnagaðizk |
3rd-person plural | gnagisk | gnagaðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | gnagask | |
1st-person plural | gnǫgumsk | |
2nd-person plural | gnagizk |
Descendants
editSwedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish gnagha, from Old Norse gnaga, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.
Verb
editgnaga (present gnager, preterite gnagde, supine gnagt, imperative gnag)
- to gnaw
- gnaga på ett ben
- gnaw on a bone
- (figuratively) to gnaw, to nag
- gnagande tvivel
- nagging doubts
Conjugation
editConjugation of gnaga (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | gnaga | gnagas | ||
Supine | gnagt | gnagts | ||
Imperative | gnag | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | gnagen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | gnager | gnagde | gnags, gnages | gnagdes |
Ind. plural1 | gnaga | gnagde | gnagas | gnagdes |
Subjunctive2 | gnage | gnagde | gnages | gnagdes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | gnagande | |||
Past participle | gnagd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- gnaga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gnaga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gnaga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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