sugan

English

Alternative forms

• sugawn

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish súgán (“rope”), from Proto-Celtic *souggo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati). Doublet of soogan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuː.ɡɔːn/

Noun

sugan (plural sugans)

1. (Ireland) A wooden chair with a seat made from woven straw or twine stretched over the frame.
2. Alternative form of soogan

Translations

a wooden chair with a seat made from woven straw or twine stretched over the frame

• Irish: cathaoir shúgáin f

Anagrams

• Agnus, Gansu, sunga, guans, Ganus, Aungs, Sangu, ungas, Angus, gusan, Śuṅga, Sunga, angus, saung, Sagun, Guans, gunas

Galician

Verb

sugan

1. third-person plural present indicative of sugar

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsukan/

Verb

sugan

1. first-person singular present indicative of suhkat

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sūgan.

Verb

sūgan

1. to suck

Inflection

Conjugation of sūgan (strong class 2)

infinitive	sūgan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	sūgo, sūgon	sōh
2nd person singular	sūgis, sūgist	sugi, sugis
3rd person singular	sūgit	sōh
1st person plural	sūgon	sugun
2nd person plural	sūget	sugut
3rd person plural	sūgont	sugun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	sūge	sugi
2nd person singular	sūges, sūgest	sugi, sugis
3rd person singular	sūge	sugi
1st person plural	sūgen	sugin
2nd person plural	sūget	sugit
3rd person plural	sūgen	sugin
imperative	present
singular	sūh
plural	sūget
participle	present	past
	sūgandi	sogan, gisogan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: sugen
  • Dutch: zuigen
    • Afrikaans: suig
    • Negerhollands: sug
    • → Sranan Tongo: soygi
  • Limburgish: zuge

Further reading

• “sūgan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sūgan, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ɡɑn/, [ˈsuː.ɣɑn]

Verb

sūgan

1. to suck

Conjugation

Conjugation of sūgan (strong class 2)

infinitive	sūgan	sūgenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sūge	sēag, sēah
second person singular	sȳġst	suge
third person singular	sȳġþ	sēag, sēah
plural	sūgaþ	sugon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sūge	suge
plural	sūgen	sugen
imperative
singular	sūg, sūh
plural	sūgaþ
participle	present	past
	sūgende	(ġe)sogen

Descendants

• Middle English: sugen (partially)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sūgan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːɣɑn/

Verb

sūgan

1. to suck

Conjugation

Conjugation of sūgan (strong class 2)

infinitive	sūgan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	sūgu	sōh
2nd person singular	sūgis	sugi
3rd person singular	sūgid	sōh
plural	sūgad	sugun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	sūge	sugi
2nd person singular	sūges	sugis
3rd person singular	sūge	sugi
plural	sūgen	sugin
imperative	present
singular	sūg
plural	sūgad
participle	present	past
	sūgandi	gisogan, sogan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: sugen, sȫgen
  • Low German: sugen

Swedish

Noun

sugan

1. definite singular of suga