ingan
See also: i ngắn
Old English
Etymology
From in- + gān. Compare Old High German ingān.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈɡɑːn/
Conjugation
Conjugation of ingān (irregular)
| infinitive | ingān | ingānne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | ingā | inēode |
| second person singular | ingǣst | inēodest |
| third person singular | ingǣþ | inēode |
| plural | ingāþ | inēodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | ingā | inēode |
| plural | ingān | inēoden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | ingā | |
| plural | ingāþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| ingānde | ingān | |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ingán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English onyoun, from Old French oingnon, oignon, from Latin ūniōnem (“onion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪŋən/
Noun
ingan (plural ingans)
- onion
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
- ‘Hout, sir, ye ken little about Scotland; it's no for want of gude vivers—the best of fish, flesh, and fowl hae we, by sybos, ingans, turneeps, and other garden fruit.’
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- “ingan” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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