dhen

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Plurale tantum; from the Gheg variant dhênd, from Proto-Albanian *dzenti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from *ǵenh₁- (to produce, to beget, to give birth). Compare Latin gens, English kin.

Pronunciation

Noun

dhen f pl (definite plural dhentë)

  1. small livestock, caprids (sheep, goats)
  2. flock or herd of caprids

Cornish

Noun

dhen

  1. Soft mutation of den.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Determiner

dhen

  1. Univerbation of dhe (from, off) +‎ an (the, sg)

Swedish

Etymology

The dh represents a voiced dental fricative, the same as in English that. Compare, then, another obsolete spelling of the same word.

Pronoun

dhen c

  1. Obsolete spelling of den

Article

dhen c (definite)

  1. Obsolete spelling of den

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دهن.

Pronunciation

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Verb

dhen (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵀⴻⵏ)

  1. (transitive) to butter, to oil, to lubricate
  2. (transitive) to apply lotion
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to beat

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Yola

Yola cardinal numbers
 <  9 10
    Cardinal : dhen

Etymology

From Middle English ten, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun. Cognates include English ten and Scots ten.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dhen

  1. ten
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 21:
      Dhen aager.
      Ten-acres.
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:
      Aar was Parick o Dearmoth, an dhen score besidh,
      There was Patrick o Deormod, and ten score beside,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 34