penn

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Breton

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Etymology

From Middle Breton penn, from Old Breton penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Pronunciation

Noun

penn m (plural pennoù)

  1. head
  2. chief, leader

Inflection

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  Mutation of penn  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular penn benn fenn unchanged
plural pennoù bennoù fennoù unchanged

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Cornish pen, from Old Cornish pen, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Pronunciation

Noun

penn m (plural pennow)

  1. head
  2. top
  3. end

Mutation

  Mutation of penn  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
penn benn fenn unchanged unchanged unchanged

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

penn

  1. singular imperative of pennen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of pennen

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French peindre.

Verb

penn

  1. to paint

Further reading

  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Luxembourgish

Verb

penn

  1. second-person singular imperative of pennen

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish penn (“pen”), from Latin penna.

Noun

penn m (genitive singular penney, plural pennyn)

  1. pen

Derived terms

  • penn leoaie m (“pencil”, literally “lead pen”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
penn phenn benn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh pen, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Noun

penn

  1. head
  2. chief

Mutation

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical Soft Nasal Aspirate
penn benn penn / phenn
pronounced with /m̥-/		 phenn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural penner, definite plural pennene)

  1. a pen (writing tool)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural pennar, definite plural pennane)

  1. a pen (writing tool)

Derived terms

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (“pin, bolt, nail, tack”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to pinn (“peg, pin”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /penn/,

Noun

penn m

  1. pen, enclosure, fold
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