From Middle Breton lenn, leenn (originally a noun), from Proto-Brythonic *lleɣenn, from Latin legendum. Cognate with Welsh llên, Cornish lien.
lenn
Personal forms | |||||||
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Indicative | Conditional | Imperative | |||||
Present | Imperfect | Preterite | Future | Present | Imperfect | ||
1s | lennan | lennen | lennis | lennin | lennfen | lennjen | - |
2s | lennez | lennes | lennjout | lenni | lennfes | lennjes | lenn |
3s | lenn | lenne | lennas | lenno | lennfe | lennje | lennet |
1p | lennomp | lennemp | lennjomp | lennimp | lennfemp | lennjemp | lennomp |
2p | lennit | lennec'h | lennjoc'h | lennot | lennfec'h | lennjec'h | lennit |
3p | lennont | lennent | lennjont | lennint | lennfent | lennjent | lennent |
0 | lenner | lenned | lennjod | lennor | lennfed | lennjed | - |
Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | ||||||
Infinitive | lenn | Soft mutation after a | a lenn- | ||||
Present participle | lenn | Mixed mutation after e | e lenn- | ||||
Past participle | lennet (auxiliary verb: kaout) | Soft mutation after ne/na | ne/na lenn- |
From Middle Breton lenn, from Old Breton lin, from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”). Cognate with Welsh llyn, Cornish lynn, Irish linn, Gaulish lindon.
lenn f (plural lennoù or lenneier)
From Old Breton lenn, from Proto-Celtic *linnā (“cloak, veil”). Cognate with Welsh llen, Cornish len, Irish leann, Gaulish linna.
lenn f (plural lennoù)
Lexicalization of le (“down”) + -n (case suffix), lengthening the final -n. First attested in 1821.
lenn (comparative lejjebb or lennebb or lentebb, superlative leglejjebb or leglennebb or leglentebb, only the first being common for both)
Never declined. Some suffixes can be attached to its alternative form, lent, e.g. lentről, lenti.
From Proto-Celtic *linnā, of unclear origin.
lenn f
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | lennL | leinnL | lennaH |
Vocative | lennL | leinnL | lennaH |
Accusative | leinnN | leinnL | lennaH |
Genitive | leinneH | lennL | lennN |
Dative | leinnL | lennaib | lennaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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lenn
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
lenn also llenn after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
lenn pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.
lenn m