*þagjaną^¹

Runic: ᚦᚨᚷᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈθɑɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 3

Meanings

to be silent, to not speak

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tHk- (‘to be silent’). Cognate with Proto-Italic *takēō. Kroonen reconstructs a stative formation common to the Latin and Germanic.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	þagjō	þagjaų	–
2nd singular	þagaisi	þagjais	þagai
3rd singular	þagaiþi	þagjai	þagjaþau
1st dual	þagjōs	þagjaiw	–
2nd dual	þagjaþiz	þagjaiþiz	þagjaþiz
1st plural	þagjamaz	þagjaim	–
2nd plural	þagaiþ	þagjaiþ	þagaiþ
3rd plural	þagjanþi	þagjain	þagjanþau

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	þagdǭ	þagdēdį̄
2nd singular	þagdēz	þagdēdīz
3rd singular	þagdē	þagdēdī
1st dual	þagdēdū	þagdēdīw
2nd dual	þagdēdudiz	þagdēdīdiz
1st plural	þagdēdum	þagdēdīm
2nd plural	þagdēdud	þagdēdīd
3rd plural	þagdēdun	þagdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
þagjaną	þagjandz	þagdaz

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Descendants

*þagēn (Proto-West Germanic)
- dagēn (Old High German)
  - dagen (German)
þegja (Old Norse)
- taja (Elfdalian)
- tiga (Faroese)
- tige (Gutnish)
- þegja (Icelandic)
- tegja, teia, tea, tigja, tiga, teiga, tyjå (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þegja (Old Norse)
- thighæ (Old Danish)
  - tæğa, tiğa (Scanian)
þegja (Old Norse)
- thighæ (Old Danish)
  - tie (Danish)
    - tie (Norwegian Bokmål)
þegja (Old Norse)
- þighia (Old Swedish)
  - tiga (Swedish)
𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan) (Gothic)

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