ingan

See also: i ngắn

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ingān. Equivalent to in- +‎ gān. Compare Old High German ingān.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈɡɑːn/

Verb

ingān

1. to go in, enter

Conjugation

Conjugation of ingān (irregular)

infinitive	ingān	ingānne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ingā	inēode
second person singular	ingǣst	inēodest
third person singular	ingǣþ	inēode
plural	ingāþ	inēodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ingā	inēode
plural	ingān	inēoden
imperative
singular	ingā
plural	ingāþ
participle	present	past
	ingānde	ingān

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ingán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Scots

Alternative forms

• ingin

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English onyoun, from Old French oingnon, oignon, from Latin ūniōnem (“onion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋən/

Noun

ingan (plural ingans)

1. onion
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:

     ‘Hout, sir, ye ken little about Scotland; it's no for want of gude vivers—the best of fish, flesh, and fowl hae we, by sybos, ingans, turneeps, and other garden fruit.’

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “ingan” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.