mengi

See also: mengí and mẽŋgí

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmeɲ.ʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈməɲ.ʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmeɲ.d͡ʒi]

Verb

mengi

1. inflection of menjar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mengi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeiɲcɪ]

  Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

Noun

mengi n (genitive singular mengis, nominative plural mengi)

1. (mathematics) a set

Declension

Declension of mengi (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mengi	mengið	mengi	mengin
accusative	mengi	mengið	mengi	mengin
dative	mengi	menginu	mengjum	mengjunum
genitive	mengis	mengisins	mengja	mengjanna

Derived terms

• mengjafræði
• mengjafræðingur

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *managį̄. Similar to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 (managei).

Noun

mengi n

1. quantity
2. crowd

Descendants

• Faroese: meingi
• Icelandic: mengi
• Danish: mænge

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mengi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Sundanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈŋiʔ/
• Hyphenation: me‧ngi

Noun

mengi (Sundanese script ᮙᮨᮍᮤ)

1. (pathology) dyspnea (difficulty breathing)
2. (pathology) asthma

   Synonym: ampeg

Adjective

mengi (Sundanese script ᮙᮨᮍᮤ)

1. dyspneic

Further reading

• Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
• "MĔNGI", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Swahili

Adjective

mengi

1. ma class_(VI) inflected form of -ingi