taen

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English thane, thein, theign, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *teke- (“to give birth”).

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
  • "taen" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 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

Welsh

Pronunciation

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. (colloquial) first/third-person plural conditional 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
    Synonyms: baen, tasen

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