benn

• bénne (Sette Comuni)

From Middle High German wenne, wanne, from Old High German hwenne, hwanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, from *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”). Cognate with German wenn, wann, English when. Doublet of ben (conjunction), from the same Middle High German source.

benn

1. (Luserna) when

   Benn rifta dar bus? ― When does the bus arrive?

• “benn” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

A contraction of be dan.

benn

1. (Erzgebirgisch)
   benn Elektrischn

   at the eletric

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:

Lexicalization of bel (a variant of bél) +‎ -n (case suffix). The -ln combination later assimilated to -nn.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛnː]

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• Hyphenation: benn
• Rhymes: -ɛnː

benn (comparative beljebb, superlative legbeljebb)

1. inside

   Synonym: bent

   Antonyms: kinn, kint

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with benn-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see benn-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

• benn in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• benn in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Proto-Brythonic *benn, from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Latin benna), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).

benn f

1. cart, wagon

• Welsh: ben (“cart”)

benn

1. Soft mutation of penn (“head”).

• ben

From Proto-Germanic *banjō (“wound”). Cognate with Old Saxon beni (“wound”), Old Norse ben (“wound”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰 (banja, “wound”).

• IPA^(key): /benn/, [ben]

benn f

1. a wound; mortal injury
   • Ne ðær ænig com blod of benne ― no blood came from the wound.
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Þonne bēoð þȳ hefiġran · heortan benne,
     sāre æfter swǣsne. · Sorg bið ġenīwad,

     Then heart's wounds are heavier,
     painful after beloved. Sorrow is renewed

• feorhbenn (“mortal injury”)
• siexbenn (“sword-injury”)

• bennian
• bana

• bend

From Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /bʲen͈/

benn f (genitive beinne or beinde, nominative plural benna or benda)

1. peak
2. pinnacle
3. mountain
4. point
5. prong
6. horn

   Synonyms: adarc, congna

• Irish: beann, binn
• Manx: beinn
• Scottish Gaelic: beann, beinn
• → Galician: beán
• ⇒ Middle Irish: bennán

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /bɛnː/

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benn

1. one