FromOld Norseí gegn(“against”).
igen
Probably a lexicalization ofi, an early variant of the demonstrative pronoune /ez(“this”). Possibly formed with-g /-ig(terminative suffix) (comparemíg and possiblyleg-) and-en(adverb-forming suffix) (comparehogyan,ígyen). In its original sense, it was probably used to express emphasis. First attested in 1266.[1][2]
According toJohanson (2004),borrowed from a Turkic particleegen ~igen “evidently, indeed, certainly”, fromerken, from*er-(“to be”),[3] although this etymology is considered less probable.[2]
igen (notcomparable)
igen
igen (pluraligenek)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | igen | igenek |
| accusative | igent | igeneket |
| dative | igennek | igeneknek |
| instrumental | igennel | igenekkel |
| causal-final | igenért | igenekért |
| translative | igenné | igenekké |
| terminative | igenig | igenekig |
| essive-formal | igenként | igenekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | igenben | igenekben |
| superessive | igenen | igeneken |
| adessive | igennél | igeneknél |
| illative | igenbe | igenekbe |
| sublative | igenre | igenekre |
| allative | igenhez | igenekhez |
| elative | igenből | igenekből |
| delative | igenről | igenekről |
| ablative | igentől | igenektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | igené | igeneké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | igenéi | igenekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | igenem | igenjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | igened | igenjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | igenje | igenjei |
| 1st person plural | igenünk | igenjeink |
| 2nd person plural | igenetek | igenjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | igenjük | igenjeik |
igen
| North Karelian (Viena) | ijen |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) | igen |
FromProto-Finnic*igen, as if from*iken. Cognates includeFinnishien andVepsigin.
igen (genitiveigenen,partitiveigendä)
| Tver Karelian declension of igen (type 11/paimen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | igen | igenet | |
| genitive | igenen | igenien | |
| partitive | igendä | igenie | |
| illative | igeneh | igenih | |
| inessive | igeneššä | igenissä | |
| elative | igeneštä | igenistä | |
| adessive | igenellä | igenillä | |
| ablative | igeneldä | igenildä | |
| translative | igenekši | igeniksi | |
| essive | igenenä | igeninä | |
| comitative | igenenke | igeninke | |
| abessive | igenettä | igenittä | |
| prolative | igenečči | igeničči | |
| instructive | — | igenin | |
| Possessive forms ofigen | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | igeneni | |
| 2nd person | igeneš | |
| 3rd person | igeneh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used insubstantivised clauses. | ||
FromProto-Finnic*igen.
igen
FromOld Norseí gegn(“against”), fromí(“in, on”) andgegn(“straight, direct”).
igen (notcomparable)