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taen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "taen"

Galo

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Noun

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taen

  1. cowry shell

Irish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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taen m (genitive singular taein, nominative plural taein)

  1. (historical) thane

Declension

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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

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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

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Scots

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Participle

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taen

  1. past participle of tak

Alternative forms

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Synonyms

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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taen m (plural taenion)

  1. spreading, dispersion
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Inflected form of bod (“to be”).

Verb

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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

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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

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  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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