igen
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igen
Probably a lexicalization of i, an early variant of the demonstrative pronoun e/ez (“this”). Possibly formed with -g/-ig (terminative suffix) (compare míg and possibly leg-) and -en (adverb-forming suffix) (compare hogyan, ígyen). In its original sense, it was probably used to express emphasis. First attested in 1266.[1][2]
According to Johanson (2004), borrowed from a Turkic particle egen ~ igen “evidently, indeed, certainly”, from erken, from *er- (“to be”),[3] although this etymology is considered less probable.[2]
igen (not comparable)
igen
igen (plural igenek)
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | igen | igenek |
accusative | igent | igeneket |
dative | igennek | igeneknek |
instrumental | igennel | igenekkel |
causal-final | igenért | igenekért |
translative | igenné | igenekké |
terminative | igenig | igenekig |
essive-formal | igenként | igenekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | igenben | igenekben |
superessive | igenen | igeneken |
adessive | igennél | igeneknél |
illative | igenbe | igenekbe |
sublative | igenre | igenekre |
allative | igenhez | igenekhez |
elative | igenből | igenekből |
delative | igenről | igenekről |
ablative | igentől | igenektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
igené | igeneké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
igenéi | igenekéi |
Possessive forms of igen | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | igenem | igenjeim |
2nd person sing. | igened | igenjeid |
3rd person sing. | igenje | igenjei |
1st person plural | igenünk | igenjeink |
2nd person plural | igenetek | igenjeitek |
3rd person plural | igenjük | igenjeik |
From Proto-Finnic *igen, as if from *iken. Cognates include Finnish ien and Veps igin.
igen (genitive igenen, partitive igendä)
Tver Karelian declension of igen (type 11/paimen, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | igen | igenet | |
genitive | igenen | igenien | |
partitive | igendä | igenie | |
illative | igeneh | igenih | |
inessive | igeneššä | igenissä | |
elative | igeneštä | igenistä | |
adessive | igenellä | igenillä | |
ablative | igeneldä | igenildä | |
translative | igenekši | igeniksi | |
essive | igenenä | igeninä | |
comitative | igenenke | igeninke | |
abessive | igenettä | igenittä |
Possessive forms of igen | ||
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1st person | igeneni | |
2nd person | igeneš | |
3rd person | igeneh | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. |
From Proto-Finnic *igen.
igen
From Old Norse í gegn (“against”), from í (“in, on”) and gegn (“straight, direct”).
igen (not comparable)
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