*sīganą

Runic: ᛊᛁᚷᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to sink, to drop

Etymology

According to Orel, a variant of *sīhwaną, which is from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (‘to pour out; gush; flow; run; trickle’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularsīgōsīgaų–
2nd singularsīgizisīgaizsīg
3rd singularsīgidisīgaisīgadau
1st dualsīgōzsīgaiw–
2nd dualsīgadizsīgaidizsīgadiz
1st pluralsīgamazsīgaim–
2nd pluralsīgidsīgaidsīgid
3rd pluralsīgandisīgainsīgandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsīgai–
2nd singularsīgazaisīgaizau
3rd singularsīgadaisīgaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralsīgandaisīgaindau
2nd pluralsīgandaisīgaindau
3rd pluralsīgandaisīgaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsaigsigį̄
2nd singularsaihtsigīz
3rd singularsaigsigī
1st dualsigūsigīw
2nd dualsigudizsigīdiz
1st pluralsigumsigīm
2nd pluralsigudsigīd
3rd pluralsigunsigīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
sīganą sīgandz siganaz

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Descendants

  • *sīgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sīgan (Old Dutch)
      • sigen (Middle Dutch)
        • zijgen (Dutch)
        • ziege (Limburgish)
  • *sīgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sīgan (Old English)
      • sien (Middle English)
        • sie, sye (English)
  • *sīgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sīga (Old Frisian)
      • siuken (North Frisian)
      • sige (West Frisian)
  • *sīgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sīgan (Old High German)
      • sīgen (Middle High German)
        • seigen (German)
  • *sīgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sīgan (Old Saxon)
      • sîgen (Middle Low German)
  • síga (Old Norse)
    • síga (Faroese)
    • síga (Icelandic)
    • sige (Norwegian)
  • síga (Old Norse)
    • sighæ (Old Danish)
      • sige (Danish)
  • síga (Old Norse)
    • sīgha (Old Swedish)
      • siga (Swedish)

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