taen

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Galo

Noun

taen

  1. cowry shell

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English theyn, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”).

Noun

taen m (genitive singular taein, nominative plural taein)

  1. (historical) thane

Declension

Declension of taen (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative taen taein
vocative a thaein a thaena
genitive taein taen
dative taen taein
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an taen na taein
genitive an taein na dtaen
dative leis an taen
don taen 		leis na taein

Mutation

Mutated forms of taen
radical lenition eclipsis
taen thaen dtaen

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

Further reading

Scots

Participle

taen

  1. past participle of tak

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *tagna, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néwti (“to be stretching”).[1][2]

Noun

taen m (plural taenion)

  1. spreading, dispersion
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inflected form of bod (“to be”).

Verb

taen

  1. first/third-person plural counterfactual conditional colloquial of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)
    (pe) taen ni hapus ― if we were happy
    (pe) taen nhw hapus ― if they were happy

Mutation

Mutated forms of taen
radical soft nasal aspirate
taen daen nhaen thaen

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

References

  1. ^ Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society. (1924). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 11
  2. ^ LATHAM, R. G., PRICHARD, J. C. (1857). The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations Proved by a Comparison of Their Dialects with the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic Languages: Forming a Supplement to Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind. United Kingdom: Houlston and Wright, p. 22
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