*singwaną

Runic: ᛊᛁᚾᚷᚹᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsin.ɡʷɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to sing

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti, from *sengʷʰ- (‘to recite, sing’). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ) (omphḗ, ‘divine voice, oracle’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	singwō	singwaų	–
2nd singular	singwizi	singwaiz	singw
3rd singular	singwidi	singwai	singwadau
1st dual	singwōz	singwaiw	–
2nd dual	singwadiz	singwaidiz	singwadiz
1st plural	singwamaz	singwaim	–
2nd plural	singwid	singwaid	singwid
3rd plural	singwandi	singwain	singwandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	singwai	–
2nd singular	singwazai	singwaizau
3rd singular	singwadai	singwaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	singwandai	singwaindau
2nd plural	singwandai	singwaindau
3rd plural	singwandai	singwaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	sangw	sungį̄
2nd singular	sanht	sungīz
3rd singular	sangw	sungī
1st dual	sungū	sungīw
2nd dual	sungudiz	sungīdiz
1st plural	sungum	sungīm
2nd plural	sungud	sungīd
3rd plural	sungun	sungīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
singwaną	singwandz	sunganaz

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Descendants

*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old Dutch)
  - singen (Middle Dutch)
    - zinge (Limburgish)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old Dutch)
  - singen (Middle Dutch)
    - zingen (Dutch)
      - sing (Afrikaans)
      - singgi (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - sänge (Jersey Dutch)
      - sing, siṅ (Negerhollands)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old Dutch)
  - singen (Middle Dutch)
    - zingen (Dutch)
      - singi (Sranan Tongo)
        
        singi (Caribbean Javanese)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old English)
  - singen, cingen, cinggen, singgen, singe, synge, syngen, cyngyn, cynggyn, zinge (Middle English)
    - sing (English)
    - sing (Scots)
    - zing (Yola)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singa, siunga, sionga (Old Frisian)
  - schong (North Frisian)
  - sjunge (Saterland Frisian)
  - sjonge (West Frisian)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old High German)
  - singen (Middle High German)
    - singen (German)
    - sangen (Luxembourgish)
    - זינגען (zingen) (Yiddish)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old High German)
  - singen (Middle High German)
    - ? (Alemannic German)
      - ? (Swabian)
        
        singe (Sathmar Swabian)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old High German)
  - singen (Middle High German)
    - singa (Bavarian)
      - singen (Cimbrian)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old High German)
  - singen (Middle High German)
    - ? (Central Franconian)
      - singe (Hunsrik)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old High German)
  - singen (Middle High German)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
      - singe (Pennsylvania German)
*singwan (Proto-West Germanic)
- singan (Old Saxon)
  - singen (Middle Low German)
    - singen (Low German)
    - sinjen (Plautdietsch)
syngva (Old Norse)
- syngja (Faroese)
- syngja (Icelandic)
- syngje, sjunge (Jamtish)
- syngja, syngje, synga, synge (Norwegian Nynorsk)
syngva (Old Norse)
- ? (Dalian)
  - singga (Elfdalian)
syngva (Old Norse)
- siungæ (Old Danish)
  - sjonga, sjønga (Scanian)
syngva (Old Norse)
- siungæ (Old Danish)
  - synge (Danish)
    - synge (Norwegian Bokmål)
syngva (Old Norse)
- singva (Old Gutnish)
  - singge, singg', singga (Gutnish)
syngva (Old Norse)
- siunga (Old Swedish)
  - sjunga (Swedish)
syngja (Old Norse)
- syngja (Faroese)
- syngja (Icelandic)
- syngje, sjunge (Jamtish)
- syngja, syngje, synga, synge (Norwegian Nynorsk)
syngja (Old Norse)
- ? (Dalian)
  - singga (Elfdalian)
syngja (Old Norse)
- siungæ (Old Danish)
  - sjonga, sjønga (Scanian)
syngja (Old Norse)
- siungæ (Old Danish)
  - synge (Danish)
    - synge (Norwegian Bokmål)
syngja (Old Norse)
- singva (Old Gutnish)
  - singge, singg', singga (Gutnish)
syngja (Old Norse)
- siunga (Old Swedish)
  - sjunga (Swedish)
𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 (siggwan) (Gothic)
singhen (Crimean Gothic)

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