ung

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ung"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Compare Swedish ung, Icelandic ungur, Dutch jong, German jung, English young.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɔŋˀ]

Adjective

ung (neuter ungt, plural and definite singular attributive unge, comparative yngre, superlative (predicative) yngst, superlative (attributive) yngste)

  1. young

Further reading

Icelandic

Adjective

ung

  1. strong nominative singular feminine of ungur

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish oingid, from Latin ungō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ung (present analytic ungann, future analytic ungfaidh, verbal noun ungadh, past participle ungtha)

  1. (transitive, religion, etc.) anoint (with oil, ointment, etc.)
    Synonym: olaigh

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present ungaim ungann tú;
ungair†		 ungann sé, sí ungaimid ungann sibh ungann siad;
ungaid†		 a ungann; a ungas /
a n-ungann*; a n-ungas*		 ungtar
past d'ung mé; d'ungas /
ung mé‡; ungas‡		 d'ung tú; d'ungais /
ung tú; ungais‡		 d'ung sé, sí /
ung sé, sí‡		 d'ungamar; d'ung muid /
ungamar; ung muid‡		 d'ung sibh; d'ungabhair /
ung sibh;
ungabhair‡		 d'ung siad; d'ungadar /
ung siad; ungadar‡		 a d'ung /
ar ung*		 ungadh;
hungadh†
past habitual d'ungainn /
ungainn‡; n-ungainn‡‡		 d'ungtá /
ungtá‡; n-ungtᇇ		 d'ungadh sé, sí /
ungadh sé, sí‡; n-ungadh sé, s퇇		 d'ungaimis; d'ungadh muid /
ungaimis; ungadh muid‡; n-ungaimis‡‡; n-ungadh muid‡‡		 d'ungadh sibh /
ungadh sibh‡; n-ungadh sibh‡‡		 d'ungaidís; d'ungadh siad /
ungaidís; ungadh siad‡; n-ungaidís‡‡; n-ungadh siad‡‡		 a d'ungadh /
a n-ungadh*		 d'ungtaí /
ungtaí‡; n-ungta퇇
future ungfaidh mé;
ungfad		 ungfaidh tú;
ungfair†		 ungfaidh sé, sí ungfaimid;
ungfaidh muid		 ungfaidh sibh ungfaidh siad;
ungfaid†		 a ungfaidh; a ungfas /
a n-ungfaidh*; a n-ungfas*		 ungfar
conditional d'ungfainn / ungfainn‡; n-ungfainn‡‡ d'ungfá / ungfá‡; n-ungfᇇ d'ungfadh sé, sí / ungfadh sé, sí‡; n-ungfadh sé, s퇇 d'ungfaimis; d'ungfadh muid / ungfaimis‡; ungfadh muid‡; n-ungfaimis‡‡; n-ungfadh muid‡‡ d'ungfadh sibh / ungfadh sibh‡; n-ungfadh sibh‡‡ d'ungfaidís; d'ungfadh siad / ungfaidís‡; ungfadh siad‡; n-ungfaidís‡‡; n-ungfadh siad‡‡ a d'ungfadh /
a n-ungfadh*		 d'ungfaí / ungfaí‡; n-ungfa퇇
subjunctive present go n-unga mé;
go n-ungad†		 go n-unga tú;
go n-ungair†		 go n-unga sé, sí go n-ungaimid;
go n-unga muid		 go n-unga sibh go n-unga siad;
go n-ungaid†		 — go n-ungtar
past dá n-ungainn dá n-ungtá dá n-ungadh sé, sí dá n-ungaimis;
dá n-ungadh muid		 dá n-ungadh sibh dá n-ungaidís;
dá n-ungadh siad		 — dá n-ungtaí
imperative ungaim ung ungadh sé, sí ungaimis ungaigí;
ungaidh†		 ungaidís — ungtar
verbal noun ungadh
past participle ungtha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡ Dependent form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms
  • ungadh (“ointment; unguent, salve”)
  • ungadóir (“ointment-maker, perfumer”)
  • ungthach (“anointed person”)
  • ungthach (“unctuous”)
  • An tUngthach
  • ungthacht (“unctuousness”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ung n-ung hung not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Middle French

Article

ung

  1. Alternative form of un

Numeral

ung (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of un

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (“young”), from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from both *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, life, age, eternity”) + and from *-Hō (“Hoffmann's suffix”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʊŋː/

Adjective

ung (neuter singular ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Akin to English young.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʊŋː/

Adjective

ung (masculine and feminine ung, neuter ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)
    Kven er yngst her? ― Who is the youngest here?
    Antonyms: gamal, gammal

Derived terms

References

Rade

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uuŋ/, [ʔuuŋ]

Noun

ung

  1. husband

Romanian

Verb

ung

  1. inflection of unge:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɵŋː/
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Adjective

ung (comparative yngre, superlative yngst)

  1. young
    Antonym: gammal

Declension
Inflection of ung
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ung yngre yngst
Neuter singular ungt yngre yngst
Plural unga yngre yngst
Masculine plural3 unga yngre yngst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 unge yngre yngste
All unga yngre yngsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

From 'yung, contraction of iyong (iyon +‎ -ng), where the "yu" was replaced with English U, read as in the English letter, but it still uses the Tagalog -ng suffix.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjuŋ/, [ˈjuŋ]

Verb

ung (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. (colloquial, text messaging, slang) Alternative form of iyong (that which is indicated or understood from context)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

ung

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Adjective

ung • (痈, 癰)

  1. addled, rotten

Anagrams

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English hangen, from Old English hangian, from Proto-West Germanic *hangēn.

Verb

ung

  1. hung

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 73
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