cygan

See also: Cygan

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃyː.jɑn/

Verb

ċȳġan (Late West Saxon)

1. Alternative form of ċīeġan

Conjugation

Conjugation of ċȳġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ċȳġan	ċȳġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ċȳġe	ċȳġde
second person singular	ċȳġest, ċȳġst	ċȳġdest
third person singular	ċȳġeþ, ċȳġþ	ċȳġde
plural	ċȳġaþ	ċȳġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ċȳġe	ċȳġde
plural	ċȳġen	ċȳġden
imperative
singular	ċȳġ
plural	ċȳġaþ
participle	present	past
	ċȳġende	(ġe)ċȳġed

Polish

Etymology

From Cygan.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɘ.ɡan/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɘ.ɡan/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɘɡan
• Syllabification: cy‧gan
• Homophone: Cygan

Noun

cygan m pers (female equivalent cyganka)

1. (colloquial) wanderer, vagrant, traveller

   Synonyms: włóczęga, wędrowiec, włóczykij, tramp

2. (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) trickster, shyster, liar

   Synonyms: matacz, oszust, krętacz

3. (colloquial) person with a swarthy complexion and dark hair

   Synonym: murzyn

Declension

Declension of cygan

	singular	plural
nominative	cygan	cyganie/cygany
genitive	cygana	cyganów
dative	cyganowi	cyganom
accusative	cygana	cyganów
instrumental	cyganem	cyganami
locative	cyganie	cyganach
vocative	cyganie	cyganie/cygany

Further reading

• cygan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cygan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “cygan”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 105