"-gian" meaning in Old English

See -gian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɡi.ɑn/
Etymology: From the fusion of Proto-West Germanic *-igōn, *-īgōn, *-agōn, *-ugōn, from Proto-Germanic *-gōną, equivalent to -iġ + -ian. Cognate with Old High German -igōn, -agōn, Old Norse -ga. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*-igōn}} Proto-West Germanic *-igōn, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*-gōną}} Proto-Germanic *-gōną, {{af|ang|-iġ|-ian}} -iġ + -ian, {{cog|goh|-igōn}} Old High German -igōn, {{cog|non|-ga}} Old Norse -ga Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix}} -gian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|-gian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], -gian [infinitive], -gienne [infinitive], -giġe [first-person, present, singular], -gode [first-person, past, singular], -gast [present, second-person, singular], -godest [past, second-person, singular], -gaþ [present, singular, third-person], -gode [past, singular, third-person], -giaþ [plural, present], -godon [past, plural], -giġe [present, singular], -gode [past, singular], -giġen [plural, present], -goden [past, plural], -ga [imperative, past, present, singular], -giaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], -giende [imperative, present], -god [imperative, past], ġe-god [imperative, past]
  1. Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives, often with an intensive effect Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -egian, -igian
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            "10": "-ien",
            "11": "-yen",
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            "3": "-gen",
            "4": "-ȝen",
            "5": "-ȝhen",
            "6": "-wen",
            "7": "-ewen",
            "8": "-owen",
            "9": "-iȝen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: -gien, -gen, -ȝen, -ȝhen, -wen, -ewen, -owen, -iȝen, -ien, -yen",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non-productive"
          },
          "expansion": "(non-productive)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: -gien, -gen, -ȝen, -ȝhen, -wen, -ewen, -owen, -iȝen, -ien, -yen (non-productive)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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            "3": "-ow",
            "4": "-y"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -ew, -ow, -y",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fossilised"
          },
          "expansion": "(fossilised)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -ew, -ow, -y (fossilised)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "-ow",
            "3": "-ou",
            "4": "-o",
            "5": "-ov",
            "6": "-ie",
            "7": "-y"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: -ow, -ou, -o, -ov, -ie, -y",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fossilised"
          },
          "expansion": "(fossilised)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: -ow, -ou, -o, -ov, -ie, -y (fossilised)"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "ang",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-gōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
      "expansion": "-iġ + -ian",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German -igōn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "-ga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse -ga",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the fusion of Proto-West Germanic *-igōn, *-īgōn, *-agōn, *-ugōn, from Proto-Germanic *-gōną, equivalent to -iġ + -ian. Cognate with Old High German -igōn, -agōn, Old Norse -ga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-godest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-godon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-goden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-god",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġe-god",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-gian",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-gian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "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": "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -ig",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives, often with an intensive effect"
      ],
      "id": "en--gian-ang-suffix-bxpAMaY2",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-egian"
        },
        {
          "word": "-igian"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡi.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-gian"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "10": "-ien",
            "11": "-yen",
            "2": "-gien",
            "3": "-gen",
            "4": "-ȝen",
            "5": "-ȝhen",
            "6": "-wen",
            "7": "-ewen",
            "8": "-owen",
            "9": "-iȝen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: -gien, -gen, -ȝen, -ȝhen, -wen, -ewen, -owen, -iȝen, -ien, -yen",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non-productive"
          },
          "expansion": "(non-productive)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: -gien, -gen, -ȝen, -ȝhen, -wen, -ewen, -owen, -iȝen, -ien, -yen (non-productive)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-ew",
            "3": "-ow",
            "4": "-y"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -ew, -ow, -y",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fossilised"
          },
          "expansion": "(fossilised)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -ew, -ow, -y (fossilised)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "-ow",
            "3": "-ou",
            "4": "-o",
            "5": "-ov",
            "6": "-ie",
            "7": "-y"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: -ow, -ou, -o, -ov, -ie, -y",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fossilised"
          },
          "expansion": "(fossilised)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-igōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-igōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "*-gōną"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "-iġ",
        "3": "-ian"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "-igōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German -igōn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "-ga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse -ga",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the fusion of Proto-West Germanic *-igōn, *-īgōn, *-agōn, *-ugōn, from Proto-Germanic *-gōną, equivalent to -iġ + -ian. Cognate with Old High German -igōn, -agōn, Old Norse -ga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-godest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-godon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-goden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-giende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-god",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġe-god",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-gian",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-gian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "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 suffixed with -ian",
        "Old English terms suffixed with -ig",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives, often with an intensive effect"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡi.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-egian"
    },
    {
      "word": "-igian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-gian"
}

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