*maganą

Runic: ᛗᚨᚷᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Preterite-present

Meanings

to be able, may

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰe, from *megʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *moťi.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	mag	magį̄	–
2nd singular	maht	magīz	–
3rd singular	mag	magī	–
1st dual	magū	magīw	–
2nd dual	magudiz	magīdiz	–
1st plural	magum	magīm	–
2nd plural	magud	magīd	–
3rd plural	magun	magīn	–

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	–	–
2nd singular	–	–
3rd singular	–	–
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	–	–
2nd plural	–	–
3rd plural	–	–

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	mahtǭ	mahtēdį̄
2nd singular	mahtēz	mahtēdīz
3rd singular	mahtē	mahtēdī
1st dual	mahtēdū	mahtēdīw
2nd dual	mahtēdudiz	mahtēdīdiz
1st plural	mahtēdum	mahtēdīm
2nd plural	mahtēdud	mahtēdīd
3rd plural	mahtēdun	mahtēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
maganą	magandz	mahtaz

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Descendants

*magan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mugan (Old Dutch)
  - mōgen (Middle Dutch)
    - moge (Limburgish)
*magan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mugan (Old Dutch)
  - mōgen (Middle Dutch)
    - mogen (Dutch)
      - mag (Afrikaans)
*magan (Proto-West Germanic)
- magan, *mugan (Old English)
  - mowen (Middle English)
    - may (English)
    - mey, may, ma (Scots)
    - mye, mai, mey, meigh, maa, ma (Yola)
*magan (Proto-West Germanic)
- muga (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - muuge (Saterland Frisian)
  - meie (West Frisian)
*magan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mugan (Old High German)
  - mugen, mogen, magen, megen, mügen, mögen (Middle High German)
    - möge (Alemannic German)
    - megn (Bavarian)
    - mugge (Central Franconian)
    - mögan, möng (Cimbrian)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - מעגן (megn) (Yiddish)
*magan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mugan (Old High German)
  - mugen, mogen, magen, megen, mügen, mögen (Middle High German)
    - mögen (German)
      - müjje (Central Franconian)
*magan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mugan (Old Saxon)
  - mogen, mögen (Middle Low German)
    - mögen, mägen (Low German)
? (Proto-Norse)
- mega (Old Norse)
  - mega (Faroese)
  - mega (Icelandic)
  - moga, mågå, måga, mòge (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - mughu, mughe (Old Danish)
? (Proto-Norse)
- mega (Old Norse)
  - má (Old Norse)
    - må (Danish)
    - má (Faroese)
    - má (Icelandic)
    - må (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - må (Norwegian Nynorsk)
? (Proto-Norse)
- mega (Old Norse)
  - má (Old Norse)
    - mā (Old Swedish)
      - må (Swedish)
? (Proto-Norse)
- mega (Old Norse)
  - mátti (Old Norse)
    - måtte (Danish)
    - måtte (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - måtta, måtte (Norwegian Nynorsk)
? (Proto-Norse)
- mega (Old Norse)
  - mátti (Old Norse)
    - mātte, māte (Old Swedish)
      - måtte (Swedish)
? (Proto-Norse)
- mega (Old Norse)
  - magha, mugha, mogha (Old Swedish)
    - må (Swedish)
𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan) (Gothic)

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