caen

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Galician

Verb

caen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of caer

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaen/
  • Rhymes: -aen
  • Syllabification: ca‧en

Verb

caen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of caer

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“enclosure, field”),[1] with influence from haenu (“to stratify, put in layers”) and taenu (“to spread, sprinkle”).[2] Alternatively from Proto-Celtic *kagnā, from a Proto-Indo-European n-stem seen also in Proto-Germanic *hagô (English haw (“hawthorn, hedge”), Dutch haag (“hedge”), Icelandic hagi (“pasture”); possibly also English hatch). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

caen m (plural caenau)

  1. covering, coat, layer
  2. armour
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • caem (literary; first-person plural)
  • caent (literary; third-person plural)
  • celen (colloquial; South Wales)

Verb

caen

  1. first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of cael

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
caen gaen nghaen chaen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Schumacher, S. (2000). The Historical Morphology of the Welsh Verbal Noun. Ireland: Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, p. 204
  2. ^ General Linguistics. (1956). United States: Pennsylvania State University Press, p. 22

Further reading

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