sugen

Cornish

Gwedren a sugen owraval.

Etymology

From Late Latin sūcus. Compare Welsh sug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsyɡən/

Noun

sugen m (plural sugenyow)

1. juice, sap
2. essence

Derived terms

• gul sugen (“juice”, verb)
• sugen aval (“apple juice”)
• sugen frooth (“fruit juice”)
• sugen kig (“gravy, stock”)
• sugen losow (“vegetable stock”)
• sugen owraval (“orange juice”)
• sugnek (“juicy”)
• sugnell (“juicer”)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sūgan.

Verb

sugen

1. (transitive) to suck (up)
2. (transitive) to suck from, to suckle from
3. (intransitive) to suck, to suckle

Inflection

Conjugation of sugen (strong class 2)

infinitive	base form	sugen
	genitive	sugens
	dative	sugene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		suge	sôoch		suge	sōge
2nd person singular		suuchs, suges	sōochs, sōges		suuchs, suges	sōges
3rd person singular		suucht, suget	sôoch		suge	sōge
1st person plural		sugen	sōgen		sugen	sōgen
2nd person plural		suucht, suget	sōocht, sōget		suucht, suget	sōget
3rd person plural		sugen	sōgen		sugen	sōgen
		imperative
singular		suuch, suge
plural		suucht, suget
		present	past
participle		sugende	gesōgen

Alternative forms

• suken (Limburg)

Descendants

• Dutch: zuigen
  • Afrikaans: suig
  • Negerhollands: sug
  • → Sranan Tongo: soygi
• Limburgish: zuge

Further reading

• “sughen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sugen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Verb

sugen

1. alternative form of seien

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sugan (“to suck”)

Pronunciation

• (originally) IPA^(key): /suːɣən/

Verb

sugen

1. to suck
2. to draw up liquid

Conjugation

Conjugation of sugen as a class 2b strong verb

plain infinitive	sûgen
full infinitive (gerund)	tô sûgene or tô sûgende
verbal noun	sûgen or sûgent
participles			imperative
present	sûgende		singular	sûch
past	gesōgen or gesāgen		plural	sûget
	indicative		subjunctive
	present	preterite	present	preterite
1st person singular	sûge	sôch	sûge	sȫge
2nd person singular	sü̂gest or sü̂̂chst	sōgest or sȫgest	sûgest	sȫgest
3rd person singular	sü̂get or sü̂̂cht	sôch	sûget	sȫge
plural	sûgen (sûget?)	sōgen or sȫgen	sûgen	sȫgen

Alternative forms

• sȫgen

Descendants

• Low German: sugen
• Plautdietsch: suen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from Swedish sugen.

Adjective

sugen (singular and plural sugen, comparative meir sugen, superlative mest sugen)

1. (colloquial) craving, keen

   Synonyms: gira, gjord etter

Swedish

Adjective

sugen (comparative sugnare, superlative sugnast)

1. (colloquial) craving, in the mood (for)

   Jag är sjukt sugen på sushi

   I'm craving sushi bad

   Nån som är sugen på att se en film?

   Anyone up for watching a movie?

   Jag tänkte beställa käk. Är du sugen?

   I was going to order food. Do you want any?

Declension

Inflection of sugen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	sugen	sugnare	sugnast
neuter singular	suget	sugnare	sugnast
plural	sugna	sugnare	sugnast
masculine plural2	sugne	sugnare	sugnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sugne	sugnare	sugnaste
all	sugna	sugnare	sugnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• sug

See also

• pigg på

Participle

sugen

1. past participle of suga

References

• “sugen”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sugen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sugen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• genus, unges

Welsh

Etymology

From sug (“juice, sap”) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ̞ɡɛn/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ̞ɡan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːɡɛn/, /ˈsɪɡɛn/

Noun

sugen f (not mutable, plural sugennau)

1. lozenge

   Synonym: losinen

2. segment (of orange etc.)

   Synonyms: rhan, mochyn, llygoden, petal

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sugen”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “sugen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies