agna

See also: ägna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -akna

Noun

agna

1. indefinite genitive plural of agn

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɲ.ɲa/
• Rhymes: -aɲɲa
• Hyphenation: à‧gna

Noun

agna f (plural agne)

1. female equivalent of agno

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡ.na/, [ˈäŋnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈaɲ.ɲa/, [ˈäɲːä]

Etymology 1

From agnus (“lamb”) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Noun

agna f (genitive agnae); first declension

2. A ewe lamb.

Declension

Note that the ablative plural has the alternative form agnabus.

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	agna	agnae
genitive	agnae	agnārum
dative	agnae	agnīs
accusative	agnam	agnās
ablative	agnā	agnīs
vocative	agna	agnae

Derived terms

• agnella
• agnicula

Related terms

• agnellus
• agniculus
• agnīna
• agnīnus
• agnus

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare English awn, Lithuanian ašnìs (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

agna f (genitive agnae); first declension

2. A blade, straw; ear of grain.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	agna	agnae
genitive	agnae	agnārum
dative	agnae	agnīs
accusative	agnam	agnās
ablative	agnā	agnīs
vocative	agna	agnae

References

• Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*h₂ek̂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 287–300
• “agna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “agna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• agna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• agna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

agna

1. definite singular of agn f
2. definite plural of agn n

Old English

Adjective

āgna

1. inflection of āgen:
   1. strong feminine nominative/accusative plural
   2. weak masculine nominative singular

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse agn (“bait”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋna/

Verb

agna (present agnar, preterite agnade, supine agnat, imperative agna)

1. to bait; to affix bait to a fishing tool

Conjugation

Conjugation of agna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	agna		agnas
Supine	agnat		agnats
Imperative	agna		—
Imper. plural1	agnen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	agnar	agnade	agnas	agnades
Ind. plural1	agna	agnade	agnas	agnades
Subjunctive2	agne	agnade	agnes	agnades
	Participles
Present participle	agnande
Past participle	agnad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• agn (“bait for fishing”)

References

• agna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• agna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• agna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• agan