aren

See also: åren, ären, and Ären

Danish

Noun

aren c

  1. singular definite of ar

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Noun

aren

  1. Plural form of aar
  2. Plural form of are

Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃ln.

Noun

aren f

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Synonyms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English earon, earun, arun, alternative present plural of wesan (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *arun, an innovated third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːrən/, /ˈarən/

Verb

aren

  1. Plural present indicative form of been

Usage notes

The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South; sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.

Descendants

Spanish

Verb

aren

  1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of arar.
  2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of arar.
  3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of arar.

Swedish

Noun

aren

  1. definite plural of ar

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh arenn, from Proto-Celtic *ārū. Cognate with Old Irish áru and perhaps more distantly with Hittite [script needed] (ḫaḫri-), Latin rēn, and Tocharian A āriñc (“heart”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aren m (plural arennau)

  1. kidney

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
aren unchanged unchanged haren
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “aren”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*āron-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
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