kent

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See also: Kent, ként, -ként, and кент

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛnt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

Verb

kent

  1. simple past and past participle of ken
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.

Noun

kent (plural kents)

  1. (Scotland) A shepherd's staff.
  2. (Scotland) A pole or pike.

Verb

kent (third-person singular simple present kents, present participle kenting, simple past and past participle kented)

  1. (Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

kent

  1. inflection of kennen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

ken +‎ -t

Pronunciation

Verb

kent

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ken
    Vajat kent a pirítósra.S/he spread butter on the toast.

Participle

kent

  1. past participle of ken

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kent kentek
accusative kentet kenteket
dative kentnek kenteknek
instrumental kenttel kentekkel
causal-final kentért kentekért
translative kentté kentekké
terminative kentig kentekig
essive-formal kentként kentekként
essive-modal
inessive kentben kentekben
superessive kenten kenteken
adessive kentnél kenteknél
illative kentbe kentekbe
sublative kentre kentekre
allative kenthez kentekhez
elative kentből kentekből
delative kentről kentekről
ablative kenttől kentektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kenté kenteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kentéi kentekéi

Middle Dutch

Verb

kent

  1. inflection of kennen:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    3. plural imperative

Scots

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

kent

  1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

Adjective

kent (comparative mair kent, superlative maist kent)

  1. known

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

kent (plural kents)

  1. shepherd's staff

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كنت (kent, village, town, city), from older كند (kend), from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼹 (kand, city). Compare Old Turkic (kend, city, settlement). Possibly cognate with Northern Kurdish gund (village). Most likely not related to Finnish kenttä (field).

Pronunciation

Noun

kent (definite accusative kenti, plural kentler)

  1. (countable) city
    Bu kentten bıktım.I am sick of this city.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kent
Definite accusative kenti
Singular Plural
Nominative kent kentler
Definite accusative kenti kentleri
Dative kente kentlere
Locative kentte kentlerde
Ablative kentten kentlerden
Genitive kentin kentlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular kentim kentlerim
2nd singular kentin kentlerin
3rd singular kenti kentleri
1st plural kentimiz kentlerimiz
2nd plural kentiniz kentleriniz
3rd plural kentleri kentleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular kentimi kentlerimi
2nd singular kentini kentlerini
3rd singular kentini kentlerini
1st plural kentimizi kentlerimizi
2nd plural kentinizi kentlerinizi
3rd plural kentlerini kentlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular kentime kentlerime
2nd singular kentine kentlerine
3rd singular kentine kentlerine
1st plural kentimize kentlerimize
2nd plural kentinize kentlerinize
3rd plural kentlerine kentlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular kentimde kentlerimde
2nd singular kentinde kentlerinde
3rd singular kentinde kentlerinde
1st plural kentimizde kentlerimizde
2nd plural kentinizde kentlerinizde
3rd plural kentlerinde kentlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular kentimden kentlerimden
2nd singular kentinden kentlerinden
3rd singular kentinden kentlerinden
1st plural kentimizden kentlerimizden
2nd plural kentinizden kentlerinizden
3rd plural kentlerinden kentlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular kentimin kentlerimin
2nd singular kentinin kentlerinin
3rd singular kentinin kentlerinin
1st plural kentimizin kentlerimizin
2nd plural kentinizin kentlerinizin
3rd plural kentlerinin kentlerinin

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kent1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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Weri

Pronunciation

Noun

kent

  1. wind

References