*lagjaną

Runic: ᛚᚨᚷᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to lay, to place in a resting position

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *logʰéyeti. Equivalent to *ligjaną (‘to lie’) + *-janą (‘causative suffix’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularlagjōlagjaų–
2nd singularlagisilagjaislagi
3rd singularlagiþilagjailagjaþau
1st duallagjōslagjaiw–
2nd duallagjaþizlagjaiþizlagjaþiz
1st plurallagjamazlagjaim–
2nd plurallagiþlagjaiþlagiþ
3rd plurallagjanþilagjainlagjanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularlagjai–
2nd singularlagjasailagjaisau
3rd singularlagjaþailagjaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st plurallagjanþailagjainþau
2nd plurallagjanþailagjainþau
3rd plurallagjanþailagjainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularlagidǭlagidēdį̄
2nd singularlagidēzlagidēdīz
3rd singularlagidēlagidēdī
1st duallagidēdūlagidēdīw
2nd duallagidēdudizlagidēdīdiz
1st plurallagidēdumlagidēdīm
2nd plurallagidēdudlagidēdīd
3rd plurallagidēdunlagidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
lagjaną lagjandz lagidaz

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Descendants

  • *laggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • laiier (Old French)
    • lagare (Old Italian)
    • laihar, laiar (Old Occitan)
  • *laggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • leggen (Old Dutch)
      • leggen (Middle Dutch)
        • lègke (Limburgish)
  • *laggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • leggen (Old Dutch)
      • leggen (Middle Dutch)
        • leggen (Dutch)
          • lê (Afrikaans)
          • lek (Berbice Creole Dutch)
          • lee, leggen (Negerhollands)
          • lek (Skepi Creole Dutch)
  • *laggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • leċġan (Old English)
      • leyen, leyn, leygen, layn, leggen, leghen, lecchen (Middle English)
        • lay (English)
        • lay (Scots)
        • laaye, laay, leiough, leigh (Yola)
  • *laggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ledza, lega, leia, lidza (Old Frisian)
      • ledsa, lääse (Saterland Frisian)
      • lizze (West Frisian)
  • *laggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • legen, leggen (Old High German)
      • legen, lecken (Middle High German)
        • leng (Bavarian)
        • läje (Central Franconian)
        • lejen (East Central German)
        • legen (German)
        • leeën (Luxembourgish)
        • łen (Vilamovian)
        • לייגן (leygn) (Yiddish)
  • *laggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • leggian (Old Saxon)
      • leggen (Middle Low German)
        • leggen (German Low German)
        • lajen (Plautdietsch)
  • leggja (Old Norse)
    • leggja (Faroese)
    • leggja (Icelandic)
    • legga (Norn)
    • leggja, legga (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • leggja (Old Norse)
    • læggiæ, læggia (Old Danish)
      • lægge (Danish)
  • leggja (Old Norse)
    • læggiæ, læggia (Old Danish)
      • legge (Norwegian Bokmål)
        • legge (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • leggja (Old Norse)
    • leggia (Old Gutnish)
      • lägge, lägg', lägga (Gutnish)
  • leggja (Old Norse)
    • læggia (Old Swedish)
      • lägga (Swedish)
  • 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan) (Gothic)
  • *lagittadak (Proto-Finnic)

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