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gagna.

to help, to be of use

5 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkakna]
  1. to help, to be of use

    archaic · weak
    Þessi bók gagnaði mér ekki.
  2. to serve, to be beneficial to

    archaic · weak
    Þessi nýja tækni gagnar okkur mikið.
  3. to help, to be of use [with preceding dative ‘person helped’ and following nominative ‘thing helping’] (idiomatically translated as “find helpful” or “find useful”, with the dative object as the logical subject)

    archaic · third-person · weak
    Mér gagnaði ekki þessi bók.
  4. to serve, to be beneficial to [with preceding dative ‘person benefiting or being served’ and following nominative ‘thing serving or causing the benefit’] (idiomatically translated as “benefit from” or “be served by”, with the dative object as the logical subject)

    archaic · third-person · weak
    Okkur gagnar þessi nýja tækni mikið.
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