benn

See also: Benn, ben, and Ben

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of bel (a variant of bél) +‎ -n (case suffix). The -ln combination later assimilated to -nn.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛnː]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: benn

Adverb

benn (comparative beljebb, superlative legbeljebb)

  1. inside
    Synonym: bent
    Antonyms: kinn, kint

Derived terms

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Further reading
  • benn in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
  • benn in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031

Middle Welsh

Noun

benn

  1. Soft mutation of penn.

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *banjō. Cognate with Old Saxon beniwunda, Old Norse ben (Norwegian ben).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /benn/

Noun

benn f

  1. a wound; mortal injury
    Ne ðær ænig com blod of benne: no blood came from the wound.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bennos (“peak, top”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲen͈/

Noun

benn n (genitive beinne or beinde, nominative plural benna or benda)

  1. peak
  2. pinnacle
  3. mountain
  4. point
  5. prong
  6. horn
    Synonyms: adarc, congna

Inflection
Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative benn, bend beinn, beind benna, benda
Vocative benn, bend beinn, beind benna, benda
Accusative benn, bend beinn, beind benna, benda
Genitive beinne, beinde benn, bend benn, bend
Dative beinn, beind bennaib, bendaib bennaib, bendaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • bennán (“horned animal, cow; calf; horned or peaked object”)

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
benn benn
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbenn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Wolof
Wolof cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : benn
    Ordinal : njëkk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛnː/
  • Audio(file)

Numeral

benn

  1. one
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