agg

See also: ägg and agg.

English

Adjective

agg (not comparable)

1. Clipping of aggravated.

Noun

agg (uncountable)

1. (sports) Clipping of aggregate. (the total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores)

Verb

agg (third-person singular simple present aggs, present participle agging, simple past and past participle agged)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of egg (“encourage”)
   • 1923, Lucy S. Furman, The Quare Women: A Story of the Kentucky Mountains, page 38:

     And as for Cynthy, his maw, she won't hardly speak to me; and, though she is my offspring, is the bitter-heartedest and keen-tonguedest woman hit ever was my lot to meet up with. But for her agging him on, hit is my belief Fulty never would [do anything].

See also

• pass-agg

 

Anagrams

• GAG, gag

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒɡː]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡː

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *soŋkɜ (“old, to grow old”).^[1][2]

Adjective

agg (not comparable)

1. (literary) very old, aged

   See synonyms at öreg.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	agg	aggok
accusative	aggot	aggokat
dative	aggnak	aggoknak
instrumental	aggal	aggokkal
causal-final	aggért	aggokért
translative	aggá	aggokká
terminative	aggig	aggokig
essive-formal	aggként	aggokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	aggban	aggokban
superessive	aggon	aggokon
adessive	aggnál	aggoknál
illative	aggba	aggokba
sublative	aggra	aggokra
allative	agghoz	aggokhoz
elative	aggból	aggokból
delative	aggról	aggokról
ablative	aggtól	aggoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	aggé	aggoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	aggéi	aggokéi

Derived terms

• aggság

 

Compound words

• aggkor
• agglegény

 

Noun

agg (plural aggok)

1. old man

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	agg	aggok
accusative	aggot	aggokat
dative	aggnak	aggoknak
instrumental	aggal	aggokkal
causal-final	aggért	aggokért
translative	aggá	aggokká
terminative	aggig	aggokig
essive-formal	aggként	aggokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	aggban	aggokban
superessive	aggon	aggokon
adessive	aggnál	aggoknál
illative	aggba	aggokba
sublative	aggra	aggokra
allative	agghoz	aggokhoz
elative	aggból	aggokból
delative	aggról	aggokról
ablative	aggtól	aggoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	aggé	aggoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	aggéi	aggokéi

Possessive forms of agg
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	aggom	aggjaim
2nd person sing.	aggod	aggjaid
3rd person sing.	aggja	aggjai
1st person plural	aggunk	aggjaink
2nd person plural	aggotok	aggjaitok
3rd person plural	aggjuk	aggjaik

Etymology 2

Same word as above. *soŋ(k)ɜ could have been both a noun and a verb, even if it has no verbal cognates. But it was influenced by aggódik (“to worry”).

Alternative forms

• aggik

Verb

agg

1. (intransitive, dialectal) to shrivel, shrink, diminish (to become smaller, denser, or more compact)
2. (intransitive, poetic) to worry, to be anxious
3. (intransitive, dated) to age, grow old

Conjugation

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	aggok	aggasz	agg	aggunk	aggotok	agganak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	aggottam	aggottál	aggott	aggottunk	aggottatok	aggottak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. aggani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	aggék	aggál	agga	aggánk	aggátok	aggának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. agg vala, aggott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	aggandok	aggandasz	aggand	aggandunk	aggandotok	aggandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	agganék	agganál	aggana	agganánk	agganátok	agganának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. aggott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	aggjak	aggj or aggjál	aggjon	aggjunk	aggjatok	aggjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. aggott légyen
Infinitive	aggani		agganom	agganod	aggania	agganunk	agganotok	agganiuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	aggás		aggó	aggott	―	aggva (aggván)

conjugation of agg

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	agghatok	agghatsz	agghat	agghatunk	agghattok	agghatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	agghattam	agghattál	agghatott	agghattunk	agghattatok	agghattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	agghaték	agghatál	agghata	agghatánk	agghatátok	agghatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. agghat vala, agghatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	agghatandok or aggandhatok	agghatandasz or aggandhatsz	agghatand or aggandhat	agghatandunk or aggandhatunk	agghatandotok or aggandhattok	agghatandanak or aggandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	agghatnék	agghatnál	agghatna	agghatnánk	agghatnátok	agghatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. agghatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	agghassak	agghass or agghassál	agghasson	agghassunk	agghassatok	agghassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. agghatott légyen
Inf.	(agghatni)		(agghatnom)	(agghatnod)	(agghatnia)	(agghatnunk)	(agghatnotok)	(agghatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(agghatva / agghatván)

potential conjugation of agg

See also its conjugation table at E-Szókincs.

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• elagg
• megagg

See also

• aggat (“to hang, append, attach [multiple things]”) (related to akaszt)

References

1. Entry #907 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
2. agg in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• (very old): agg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (to shrink, to worry, to age): agg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• agg in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse aga (“to threaten”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be depressed, afraid”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “distress, pain”), English ey and awe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɡː/

Noun

agg n (definite singular agget, uncountable)

1. enmity, ill will (often implying that the enmity is hidden)

Further reading

• “agg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Alternative forms

• ag

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse eggja.

Verb

(Shetland) agg (third-person singular simple present aggs, present participle aggin, simple past agged, past participle agged)

1. to drive towards or against the shore
2. to be driven shorewards
3. to irritate (by teasing)

Further reading

• “agg, v.1 tr. and intr.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “agg”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse aga (“to threaten”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be depressed, afraid”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “distress, pain”), English ey and awe.

Noun

agg n

1. grudge, resentment, ill will

   hysa agg mot någon

   have a grudge against someone

Declension

Declension of agg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	agg	aggs
	definite	agget	aggets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• agg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• agg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• agg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)