*sūganą

Runic: ᛊᚢᚷᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 2

Meanings

  1. to suck
  2. to suckle

Etymology

A back-formation from the iterative *sukkōną (‘to suck’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularsūgōsūgaų–
2nd singularsūgizisūgaizsūg
3rd singularsūgidisūgaisūgadau
1st dualsūgōzsūgaiw–
2nd dualsūgadizsūgaidizsūgadiz
1st pluralsūgamazsūgaim–
2nd pluralsūgidsūgaidsūgid
3rd pluralsūgandisūgainsūgandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsūgai–
2nd singularsūgazaisūgaizau
3rd singularsūgadaisūgaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralsūgandaisūgaindau
2nd pluralsūgandaisūgaindau
3rd pluralsūgandaisūgaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsaugsugį̄
2nd singularsauhtsugīz
3rd singularsaugsugī
1st dualsugūsugīw
2nd dualsugudizsugīdiz
1st pluralsugumsugīm
2nd pluralsugudsugīd
3rd pluralsugunsugīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
sūganą sūgandz suganaz

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Descendants

  • *sūgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sūgan (Old Dutch)
      • sugen (Middle Dutch)
        • zuge (Limburgish)
  • *sūgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sūgan (Old Dutch)
      • sugen (Middle Dutch)
        • zuigen (Dutch)
          • suig (Afrikaans)
          • sug (Negerhollands)
          • soygi (Sranan Tongo)
  • *sūgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sūgan (Old English)
      • sugen (Middle English)
  • *sūgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sūga (Old Frisian)
      • suge (Saterland Frisian)
      • sûge (West Frisian)
  • *sūgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sūgan (Old High German)
      • sūgen (Middle High German)
        • suuge (Alemannic German)
        • saugen (German)
        • saugen (Luxembourgish)
        • זויגן (zoygn) (Yiddish)
  • *sūgan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sūgan (Old Saxon)
      • sugen, sȫgen (Middle Low German)
        • sugen (Low German)
  • súga (Old Norse)
    • sauga (Elfdalian)
    • súgva (Faroese)
    • säuge (Gutnish)
    • súga, sjúga (Icelandic)
    • suge (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • suga (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • súğa (Scanian)
  • súga (Old Norse)
    • sūghæ (Old Danish)
      • suge (Danish)
  • súga (Old Norse)
    • sūgha (Old Swedish)
      • suga (Swedish)
  • sjúga (Old Norse)
    • sauga (Elfdalian)
    • súgva (Faroese)
    • säuge (Gutnish)
    • súga, sjúga (Icelandic)
    • suge (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • suga (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • súğa (Scanian)
  • sjúga (Old Norse)
    • sūghæ (Old Danish)
      • suge (Danish)
  • sjúga (Old Norse)
    • sūgha (Old Swedish)
      • suga (Swedish)

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