mugan

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Basque

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Noun

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mugan

  1. inessive singular of muga (border)

Postposition

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mugan

  1. (+genitive, locative) after (a period of time (in the past))
    bost egunen muganafter five days
  2. about to, on the verge of
    Azterketa hasteko mugan dago.The exam is about to start.

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *magan.

Verb

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mugan

  1. may, to be allowed to
  2. can, to be able to

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: mōgen
    • Dutch: mogen
      • Afrikaans: mag
    • Limburgish: moge

Further reading

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  • mugan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *magan. Cognate with Old English magan, Old Frisian muga, Old Saxon mugan, Old Dutch mugan, Old Norse mega.

Verb

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mugan

  1. (auxiliary) can, be able, must, shall, may

Conjugation

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Alternative forms

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Descendants

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *magan.

Verb

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mugan

  1. may, to be allowed to
    that ik hier ni mag ēniga huīla libbian
    That I shouldn't live any moment
    (Genesis, verse 67)
  2. can, to be able to
    uundron huuō mag that giuuerðan sō
    To wonder how it could have happened so
    (Heliand, verse 141)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Spanish

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Verb

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mugan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of mugar