"gagn" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /kakn/
Rhymes: -akn Etymology: From Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|gagn||benefit, advantage, use}} Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), {{der|is|gem-pro|*gagną}} Proto-Germanic *gagną, {{der|is|ine-pro|*ḱóm||next to, at, with, along}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”) Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} gagn n (genitive singular gagns, nominative plural gögn) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|n}} Forms: gagns [genitive, singular], gögn [nominative, plural], neuter [table-tags], gagn [indefinite, nominative, singular], gagnið [definite, nominative, singular], gögn [indefinite, nominative, plural], gögnin [definite, nominative, plural], gagn [accusative, indefinite, singular], gagnið [accusative, definite, singular], gögn [accusative, indefinite, plural], gögnin [accusative, definite, plural], gagni [dative, indefinite, singular], gagninu [dative, definite, singular], gögnum [dative, indefinite, plural], gögnunum [dative, definite, plural], gagns [genitive, indefinite, singular], gagnsins [definite, genitive, singular], gagna [genitive, indefinite, plural], gagnanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. usefulness, use, avail Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-gagn-is-noun-rQo0XsLR Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 37 16 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 37 16 36 6
  2. item, article (for a specific purpose) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-gagn-is-noun-GH6BZ2Es Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 37 16 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 37 16 36 6 Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 31 66 3
  3. (in the plural) data Tags: in-plural, neuter
    Sense id: en-gagn-is-noun-Om6weQ85

Inflected forms

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        "2": "non",
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "form": "gögn",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "neuter",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      ]
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      "form": "gagn",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gagnið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gögn",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "gögn",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gögnin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagninu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gögnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gögnunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagnsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "5 37 16 36 5",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 37 16 36 6",
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
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        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "avail",
          "avail"
        ]
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        "neuter"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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          "article"
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        "(in the plural) data"
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      "ipa": "/kakn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-akn"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Rhymes:Icelandic/akn/1 syllable"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "gögn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gagn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "gagnið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gögn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gagn",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gögn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "gögnin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagninu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gögnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gögnunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagnsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gagnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "avail",
          "avail"
        ]
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          "article",
          "article"
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    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "data",
          "data"
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        "(in the plural) data"
      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kakn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-akn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gagn"
}

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