-ga in Old English

IPA: /ɡɑ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *-gō, from Proto-Germanic *-gjô, *-gô (suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*-gō}} Proto-West Germanic *-gō, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*-gjô}} Proto-Germanic *-gjô Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} -ga, {{ang-suffix|g=m}} -ga Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|-g}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-ga|-gan|-gan|-gan|-gan|-gena|-gan|-gum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: weak [table-tags], -ga [nominative, singular], -gan [nominative, plural], -gan [accusative, singular], -gan [accusative, plural], -gan [genitive, singular], -gena [genitive, plural], -gan [dative, singular], -gum [dative, plural]

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-gō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-gō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-gjô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-gjô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-gō, from Proto-Germanic *-gjô, *-gô (suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ga",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-ga",
      "name": "ang-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-g"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ga",
        "2": "-gan",
        "3": "-gan",
        "4": "-gan",
        "5": "-gan",
        "6": "-gena",
        "7": "-gan",
        "8": "-gum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "dog",
          "text": "docga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "frog",
          "text": "frocga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pig",
          "text": "picga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "snail",
          "text": "snecga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "stag",
          "text": "stacga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "insect",
          "text": "wicga",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Diminutive suffix, used especially in familiar names for pets."
      ],
      "id": "en--ga-ang-suffix-pK03j3Bs",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ca"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ga"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-gō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-gō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-gjô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-gjô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-gō, from Proto-Germanic *-gjô, *-gô (suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ga",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-ga",
      "name": "ang-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-g"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ga",
        "2": "-gan",
        "3": "-gan",
        "4": "-gan",
        "5": "-gan",
        "6": "-gena",
        "7": "-gan",
        "8": "-gum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
        "Old English suffixes",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "dog",
          "text": "docga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "frog",
          "text": "frocga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pig",
          "text": "picga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "snail",
          "text": "snecga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "stag",
          "text": "stacga",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "insect",
          "text": "wicga",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Diminutive suffix, used especially in familiar names for pets."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-ca"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ga"
}

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"-ga" meaning in Old English

Suffix

Inflected forms