gengi

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈceiɲcɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

Noun

gengi n (genitive singular gengis, nominative plural gengi)

  1. success, prosperity
  2. (economics) exchange rate
  3. team, squad, company
  4. gang (criminal group)

Declension
declension of gengi
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gengi gengið gengi gengin
accusative gengi gengið gengi gengin
dative gengi genginu gengjum gengjunum
genitive gengis gengisins gengja gengjanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • brautargengi (“aid, help”)
  • gengisbreyting (“exchange rate fluctuation”)
  • gengisfelling (“devaluation”)
  • gengishækkun (“exchange rate revaluation”)
  • gengislækkun (“currency devaluation”)
  • gengismunur (“exchange rate difference”)
  • gengissig (“currency depreciation”)
  • gengisskráning (“foreign exchange listing”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gangiją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Related to ganga (“to go, walk”).

Noun

gengi n (genitive gengis)

  1. luck, success
  2. help, support
Declension
  Declension of gengi (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gengi gengit gengi gengin
accusative gengi gengit gengi gengin
dative gengi genginu gengjum gengjunum
genitive gengis gengisins gengja gengjanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: gengi
  • →? Old English: genge

References
  • “gengi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gengi

  1. weak masculine nominative singular of gengr

Verb

gengi

  1. third-person singular/plural past subjunctive active of ganga
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