agna

See also: ägna

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -akna

Noun

agna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of agn

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaɲ.ɲa/
  • Rhymes: -aɲɲa
  • Hyphenation: à‧gna

Noun

agna f (plural agne)

  1. female equivalent of agno

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From agnus (“lamb”) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Noun

agna f (genitive agnae); first declension

  1. A ewe lamb.
Declension

Note that the ablative plural has the alternative form agnabus. First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative agna agnae
Genitive agnae agnārum
Dative agnae agnīs
Accusative agnam agnās
Ablative agnā agnīs
Vocative agna agnae
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare English awn, Lithuanian ašnìs (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

agna f (genitive agnae); first declension

  1. A blade, straw; ear of grain.
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative agna agnae
Genitive agnae agnārum
Dative agnae agnīs
Accusative agnam agnās
Ablative agnā agnīs
Vocative agna agnae

References
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*h₂ek̂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 287–300
  • “agna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “agna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • agna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • agna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

agna

  1. definite singular of agn f
  2. definite plural of agn n

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse agn (“bait”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aŋna/

Verb

agna (present agnar, preterite agnade, supine agnat, imperative agna)

  1. to bait; to affix bait to a fishing tool

Conjugation
Conjugation of agna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive agna agnas
Supine agnat agnats
Imperative agna —
Imper. plural1 agnen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative agnar agnade agnas agnades
Ind. plural1 agna agnade agnas agnades
Subjunctive2 agne agnade agnes agnades
Participles
Present participle agnande
Past participle agnad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
  • agn (“bait for fishing”)

References

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