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Webster 1828 Edition


Aga

AGA

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Noun.
In the Turkish dominions, a commander or chief officer. The title is given to various chief officers, whether civil or military. It is also given to great land holders, and to the eunuchs of the Sultan's seraglio.

Definition 2024


äga

äga

See also: aga, aega, Aga, ága, and ağa

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • ega
    In the 6th edition of SAOL (1889), when jern changed to järn, Ega was still spelled with e with the final remark "Skrifves äfven Äga o.s.v." Some derived words never changed, like egen (own), egendom (property), egentlig (proper).

Noun

äga c

  1. an estate, grounds, property, land
    i någons ägo
    in one's possession

Declension

Inflection of äga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative äga ägan ägor ägorna
Genitive ägas ägans ägors ägornas

Usage notes

  • Ägo in the phrase i någons ägo is an archaic dative form of this noun. The similar-looking archaic genitive form ägo is also the basis for compounds.

Related terms

  • ägobyte
  • ägodel
  • ägolott
  • ägorätt
  • ägoskifte
  • ägoskillnad
  • ägostyckning
  • ägotvist
  • ägovidd

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ǣgha, from Old Norse eiga, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *eik-.

Verb

äga

  1. to own

Conjugation

Usage notes

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