genog

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz, equivalent to ġe- +‎ *nōg (the latter has no attested descendants). Cognate with Old Saxon ginōg, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, Old High German ginuog (German genug), Old Norse gnógr (Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe 'he has reached, attained', perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jeˈnoːɡ/, [jeˈnoːɣ]

Adjective

ġenōg

enough, sufficient
Wē nabbaþ feoh ġenōg.
We don't have enough money.

Þæt is ġenōg.
That's enough.

Adverb

ġenōg

enough, sufficiently
Þā ċildru habbaþ ġenōg ġeplegod.
The children have played enough.

Declension

Declension of genog — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġenōg	ġenōg	ġenōg
Accusative	ġenōgne	ġenōge	ġenōg
Genitive	ġenōges	ġenōgre	ġenōges
Dative	ġenōgum	ġenōgre	ġenōgum
Instrumental	ġenōge	ġenōgre	ġenōge
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġenōge	ġenōga, -e	ġenōg
Accusative	ġenōge	ġenōga, -e	ġenōg
Genitive	ġenōgra	ġenōgra	ġenōgra
Dative	ġenōgum	ġenōgum	ġenōgum
Instrumental	ġenōgum	ġenōgum	ġenōgum

Declension of genog — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġenōga	ġenōge	ġenōge
Accusative	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōge
Genitive	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Dative	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Instrumental	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Accusative	ġenōgan	ġenōgan	ġenōgan
Genitive	ġenōgra, ġenōgena	ġenōgra, ġenōgena	ġenōgra, ġenōgena
Dative	ġenōgum	ġenōgum	ġenōgum
Instrumental	ġenōgum	ġenōgum	ġenōgum

Related terms

ġenēah
ġenugan

Descendants

Middle English: yenoughe, inogh, inough, ynough, inoh, enoh, inow, enow
- English: enough, enow, enoo (dialectal)
- Scots: aneuch, eneuch

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