aren

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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aren m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) arene

Declension

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Danish

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Noun

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aren c

  1. definite singular of ar

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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aren

  1. plural of aar
  2. plural of are

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦫꦺꦤ꧀ (arén).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aren (Jawi spelling ارين, plural aren-aren, informal 1st possessive arenku, 2nd possessive arenmu, 3rd possessive arennya)

  1. sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
    Synonyms: enau, kabung

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English earon, earun, arun, alternative present plural of wesan (to be), from Proto-Germanic *arun, an innovated third-person present plural of *beuną (to be, become).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːrən/, /ˈarən/

Verb

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aren

  1. plural present indicative of been
Usage notes
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The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South; sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.

Descendants
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  • English: are

Etymology 2

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Verb

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aren

  1. (Ormulum) Alternative form of oren

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃ln.

Noun

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aren f

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Synonyms

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Spanish

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Verb

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aren

  1. inflection of arar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

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Noun

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aren

  1. definite plural of ar

Anagrams

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh arenn, from Proto-Celtic *ārū. Cognate with Old Irish áru and perhaps more distantly with Hittite [Term?] (/⁠ḫaḫri-⁠/), Latin rēn, and Tocharian A āriñc (heart).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aren f (plural arennau)

  1. kidney

Mutation

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Mutated forms of aren
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
aren unchanged unchanged haren

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*āron-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42

Further reading

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