See also: Penn

Breton

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Etymology

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From Middle Breton penn, from Old Breton penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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penn m (plural pennoù)

  1. head
  2. chief, leader

Inflection

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Mutation of penn
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular penn benn fenn unchanged
plural pennoù bennoù fennoù unchanged

Cornish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Cornish pen, from Old Cornish pen, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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penn m (plural pennow)

  1. head
  2. top
  3. end

Mutation

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Mutation of penn
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
penn benn fenn unchanged unchanged unchanged

German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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penn

  1. singular imperative of pennen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of pennen

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French peindre.

Verb

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penn

  1. to paint
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Further reading

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  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Luxembourgish

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Verb

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penn

  1. second-person singular imperative of pennen

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish penn (pen), from Latin penna.

Noun

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penn m (genitive singular penney, plural pennyn)

  1. pen

Derived terms

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  • penn leoaie m (pencil, literally lead pen)

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
penn phenn benn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle Welsh

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Etymology

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From Old Welsh pen, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Noun

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penn

  1. head
  2. chief

Mutation

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Mutated forms of penn
radical soft nasal aspirate
penn benn penn / phenn
pronounced with /m̥-/
phenn

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural penner, definite plural pennene)

  1. a pen (writing tool)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural pennar, definite plural pennane)

  1. a pen (writing tool)

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (pin, bolt, nail, tack), of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to pinn (peg, pin).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /penn/, [pen]

Noun

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penn m

  1. pen, enclosure, fold