maen

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Inherited from Middle Breton men, from Old Breton main,^[1] from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?), from Proto-Celtic *maginos.^[1] Cognate with Cornish men, Welsh maen.

maen m (plural mein)

1. stone

Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare French main,Spanish mano.

maen f (plural maens)

1. hand

maen m

1. (eye dialect) definite singular of mann

From Middle Welsh maen, from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic *maginos. Compare Breton maen, Cornish men.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
• Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

maen m (plural meini)

1. stone
2. griddle stone

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /man/, /mən/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/, /man/, /mən/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
• Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

maen

1. third-person plural present colloquial of bod

Only used in conjunction with the third person plural pronoun nhw. In conjunction with a plural noun, the form mae is used instead.

• (literary) maent

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

From ma- +‎ aen.

maen

1. cold