Hungarian

Noun

ég ‎(plural egek)

1. sky

Declension

Synonyms

• égbolt

Derived terms

• égi

(Compound words):

• ég-föld
• éghajlat
• égtáj
• égzengés

(Expressions):

• derült égből villámcsapás
• eget-földet megmozgat
• égnek áll

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *äŋɜ ‎(“fire; to burn”).

Verb

ég

1. (intransitive) to burn

   Ég a ház!‎ ― The house is on fire!

Conjugation

Derived terms

• égés
• éget
• égő

(With verbal prefixes):

• beég
• elég
• kiég
• leég
• megég
• odaég

(Expressions):

• lázban ég

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• eg (archaic, poetic)
• ek (very archaic)

Etymology

The Icelandic pronoun continues Old Norse ek, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. The pronoun is attested, in Proto-Norse inscriptions, since at least the 3rd century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛɣ/

Pronoun

ég

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)
   • 1584, Guðbrandsbiblía, Genesis 1.29 (orthography as in the 1899 printing and the 1908 printing):

     Og Guð sagði: sjá, eg gef ykkur alls konar sáðberandi jurtir […]

     Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant […] ” (NIV)

   • 1656-59, Passíusálmar (Passion Hymns), hymn 1, verse 1 (orthography as in the 1887 printing):

     Upp, upp, mín sál og allt mitt geð,

     upp mitt hjarta og rómur með,

     hugur og tunga hjálpi til.

     herrans pínu ég minnast vil.

     translation by William Charles Green:

     Up, up, my soul and all my mind,

     Up, O my heart and voice combined;

     Help, thought and tongue; for I would fain

     Wake memory of our Lord's dear pain.

     translation published in Parergon, issues 1–13 (1971), page 31:

     Up, up my soul and all my mind,

     up my heart and voice as well.

     Thought and tongue help out.

     I intend to remember the Lord's suffering.

   • 1800-1840, Bjarni Thorarensen, Solatium:

     Kvíði ég ei dauða,

     konulaus maður,

   • 2000, Arnaldur Indriðason, Mýrin, page 59:

     — Þekki ég þig? sagði hann. Um hvað ertu að tala? Hver ertu?

     — Ég heiti Erlendur. Ég er að rannsaka morð á manni að nafni Holberg í Reykjavík.

     Jar City: A Reykjavík Thriller, translation by Bernard Scudder:

     "Do I know you?" he said. "What are you talking about? Who are you?"

     "My name’s [=I am called] Erlendur. I’m investigating the murder of a man from Reykjavik by the name of Holberg."

Derived terms

• ég elska þig
• þetta er hebreska fyrir mér
• gleym-mér-ei
• gemmér

Declension

References

• Icelandic Online Dictionary and Readings „ég“