fén

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "fen"

Czech

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Etymology

From German Föhn

Pronunciation

Noun

fén m inan

  1. foehn
  2. hairdryer

Declension

Declension of fén (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative fén fény
genitive fénu fénů
dative fénu fénům
accusative fén fény
vocative féne fény
locative fénu fénech
instrumental fénem fény

Further reading

  • “fén”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “fén”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “fén”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Contraction

fén

  1. (Munster) Contraction of fé an (“under the; about the”).

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

fén (fen2, Zhuyin ㄈㄣˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坆
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墳 / 坟
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妢
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幩 / 𪩸
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弅
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朊
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 枌
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梤
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棻
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棼
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 橨 / 𰗺
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汾
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濆 / 𣸣
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炃
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焚
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燌 / 𰞻
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燓
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獖 / 𰡞
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玢
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盺
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秎
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 羒
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肦
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒶 / 𰱍
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕡 / 𰱟
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚠
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚡
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豶 / 豮
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貼 / 贴
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贰
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轒 / 𮝷
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鐼 / 𫔁
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隫 / 𱀡
  34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頒 / 颁
  35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馚, 馩 / 𬳟
  36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魵 / 𫚍
  37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黂 / 𱋱
  38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼖
  39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼢
  40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芬

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wegnos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰnos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to go, transport”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fén m (genitive féoin, nominative plural féoin)

  1. wagon, cart

Declension

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fén fénL féoinL
Vocative féoin fénL féonuH
Accusative fénN fénL féonuH
Genitive féoinL fén fénN
Dative fénL fénaib fénaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: féan

Mutation

Mutation of fén
radical lenition nasalization
fén ḟén fén
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius.

Pronunciation

Noun

fén m inan (proscribed)

  1. hairdryer
    Synonyms: (prescriptive) sušič, fön, föhn

Declension

Declension of fén (pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativefénfény
genitivefénufénov
dativefénufénom
accusativefénfény
locativefénefénoch
instrumentalfénomfénmi

Further reading

  • “fén”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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