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

• “ung” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ung” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Icelandic

Adjective

ung

1. strong nominative singular feminine of ungur

Irish

Alternative forms

• ong

Etymology

From Old Irish oingid, from Latin ungō.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʌŋ(ɡ)/

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

verbal noun	ungadh
past participle	ungtha
tense	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*	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*	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

conjugation of ung (first conjugation – A)

* 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”)

Related terms

• ungthach (“anointed person”)
• ungthach (“unctuous”)
• An tUngthach
• ungthacht (“unctuousness”)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ung”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “anoint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59