pén

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Mandarin

Romanization

pén (pen2, Zhuyin ㄆㄣˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin poena (punishment, pain), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, penalty).

Pronunciation

Noun

pén f (genitive péine, nominative plural píana)

  1. pain, punishment

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative pénL péinL pénaH, píanaH
vocative pénL péinL pénaH, píanaH
accusative péinN péinL pénaH, píanaH
genitive péineH pénL pénN
dative péinL pénaib pénaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: pían
    • Irish: pian
    • Manx: pian
    • Scottish Gaelic: pian

Mutation

Mutation of pén
radical lenition nasalization
pén phén
or unchanged
pén
pronounced with /bʲ-/

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

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