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Etymology

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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.

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

  1. young

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Icelandic

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ung

  1. strong nominative singular feminine of ungur

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish oingid, from Latin ungō.

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Verb

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

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

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  • ungadh (ointment; unguent, salve)
  • ungadóir (ointment-maker, perfumer)
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ung
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ung n-ung hung not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Megleno-Romanian

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Etymology

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From Latin ungō.[1] Compare Romanian unge, ung, Aromanian ungu.

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ung

  1. smear, grease, lubricate
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Middle French

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ung

  1. Alternative form of un

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ung (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of un

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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).

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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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

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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)
    Antonyms: gamal, gammal
    Kven er yngst her?Who is the youngest here?

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Rade

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Noun

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ung

  1. husband

Romanian

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Verb

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ung

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ɵŋː/
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ung (comparative yngre, superlative yngst)

  1. young
    Antonym: gammal
    en ung, lovande spelare
    a young, promising player
    Natten är ung
    The night is young

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Inflection of ung
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ung yngre yngst
neuter singular ungt yngre yngst
plural unga yngre yngst
masculine plural2 unga yngre yngst
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 unge yngre yngste
all unga yngre yngsta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ung

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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ung (, )

  1. addled, rotten

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Yola

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Etymology

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From earlier */huːn/, itself from Middle English hung, past of Middle English hangen.

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Verb

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ung

  1. hung
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References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 73