mengi

See also: mengí and mẽŋgí

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmeɲ.ʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈməɲ.ʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈmeɲ.d͡ʒi]

Verb

mengi

1. inflection of menjar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mengi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeiɲcɪ]

  Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

Noun

mengi n (genitive singular mengis, nominative plural mengi)

1. (mathematics) a set

Declension

declension of mengi

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mengi	mengið	mengi	mengin
accusative	mengi	mengið	mengi	mengin
dative	mengi	menginu	mengjum	mengjunum
genitive	mengis	mengisins	mengja	mengjanna

Derived terms

• mengjafræði
• mengjafræðingur

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *managį̄. Similar to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 (managei).

Noun

mengi n

1. quantity
2. crowd

Descendants

• Faroese: meingi
• Icelandic: mengi

References

• “mengi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swahili

Adjective

mengi

1. Ma class inflected form of -ingi.