egin
See also: Egin
Basque
Verb
egin
- to do, make, create, produce
- (age) to be
- Bihar 30 urte egingo ditu. - She'll be 30 tomorrow.
- (language) to speak
- Egin dezagun ingelesez. - Let's speak English.
- to assume, suppose
- to play
- kartetan egin - to play cards
- to become
Usage notes
Egin is often used to form compound verbs out of nouns. For example:
- lo egin = to sleep
- barre egin = to laugh
- amets egin = to dream
Conjugation
egin ― Non-finite forms
| perfect stem | egin |
|---|---|
| imperfect stem | egiten |
| future stem | egingo |
| short stem | egin |
| verbal noun | egite |
Faroese
Adjective
egin
Usage notes
- egið forlag (“self-published”)
Declension
| egin a26 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | egin | egin | egið |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | egnan | egna | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | egnum | egnari | egnum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (egins) | (egnar) | (egins) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | egnir | egnar | egin |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | egnar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | egnum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (egna) | ||
Derived terms
Related terms
- eiga (to own)
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish éicen (“necessity, compulsion; force; violence; tyranny; difficulty, need, trouble, strait; necessitousness”).
Noun
egin m
- force
- er egin hene ― by sheer force
- egin ny tarraghtyn ― force of the circumstances
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- rape
- egin ny Sabeenee ― the Rape of the Sabines
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Derived terms
- shegin (“to have to”)
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