taen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "taen"

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
taen thaen dtaen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taen”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “taen” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “taen” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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
  • ar daen (“spread, spread out”)
  • taenell (“sprinkle”)
  • taenlen (“spreadsheet”)
  • taenu (“to spread”)

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
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
taen daen nhaen thaen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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