swigen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *swīgon, from Proto-West Germanic *swīgēn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzwiːɣən/

Verb

swigen

  1. not to speak, to be silent

Inflection
Strong class 1
Infinitive swigen
3rd sg. past swêech
3rd pl. past swēgen
Past participle geswēgen
Infinitive swigen
In genitive swigens
In dative swigene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular swige swêech
2nd singular swijchs, swiges swēechs, swēges
3rd singular swijcht, swiget swêech
1st plural swigen swēgen
2nd plural swijcht, swiget swēecht, swēget
3rd plural swigen swēgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular swige swēge
2nd singular swijchs, swiges swēges
3rd singular swige swēge
1st plural swigen swēgen
2nd plural swijcht, swiget swēget
3rd plural swigen swēgen
Imperative Present
Singular swijch, swige
Plural swijcht, swiget
Present Past
Participle swigende geswēgen

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Dutch: zwijgen
  • Limburgish: zwiege

Further reading
  • “swighen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “swigen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German swīgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swīgēn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈs̠wiːɡən/

Verb

swīgen (third-person singular present swīget, singular preterite sweic or swīgete, plural preterite swigen or swīgeten, past participle geswigen or geswīn or geswīget)

  1. not to speak, to be silent

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • yswigen

Etymology

Alteration of chwysigen, from Middle Welsh chuyssigen, an alteration (with the suffix -en) of Proto-Brythonic *guɨsig, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈswɪɡɛn/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈswiːɡɛn/, /ˈswɪɡɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡɛn

Noun

swigen f (plural swigod, not mutable)

  1. bladder
  2. blister
  3. bubble

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “swigen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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