lena

See also: Lena, leña, lēnā, lēna, and Léňa

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Fusion of le (“with”) with various meanings of a. The -n- is analogical to prepositions like i.

Particle

lena (triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)

  1. with which, with whom (indirect relative; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)
    an t-ord lena bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir ― the sledgehammer with which he is breaking the chair
    an bhean lena dúirt sé é ― the woman to whom he told it
    (literally ‘the woman with whom he said it’)

Usage notes

"With which" may also be expressed with the indirect relative particle before the verb and the appropriate inflected form of le in its original position in the clause:

  • an t-ord a bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir leis — the sledgehammer that he is breaking the chair with [it]
  • an bhean a dúirt sé léi é — the woman that he told it to [her]

Contraction

lena

  1. Contraction of le (“with”) + a (various meanings).
    ‘with his’ (triggers lenition):
    lena dheartháir ― with his brother
    ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis):
    lena hathair ― with her father
    ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis:
    lena ndeartháir ― with their brother
Irish preposition contractions
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
an (“the sg”)na (“the pl”)mo (“my”)do (“your”)a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)ár (“our”)ar (“which (past)”)(before consonant)(present/future before vowel)(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)dende na
desna*		de mo
dem*		de do
ded*, det*		dá dárdardarbdarbh
do (“to, for”)dondo na
dosna*		do mo
dom*		do do
dod*, dot*		dá dárdardarbdarbh
faoi (“under, about”)faoinfaoi nafaoi mofaoi dofaoinafaoinár faoinarfaoinarbfaoinarbh
fara (“along with, beside”)fairis anfairis nafara mofara dofaranafaranár faranarfaranarbfaranarbh
i (“in”)sa, sansnai mo
im*		i do
id*, it*		inainár inarinarbinarbh
le (“with”)leis anleis nale mo
lem*		le do
led*, let*		lenalenár lenarlenarblenarbh
ó (“from, since”)ónó na
ósna*		ó mo
óm*		ó do
ód*, ót*		ónaónár ónarónarbónarbh
trí (“through”)tríd antrí natrí motrí dotrínatrínár trínartrínarbtrínarbh
*Dialectal.

Italian

Noun

lena f (plural lene)

  1. force, energy, vigour
  2. breath

Synonyms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Feminization of lēnō (“pimp”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.na/, [ˈɫeː.na]

Noun

lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension

  1. (slang) procuress, madame

lena

  1. ablative singular of lēna

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lēna lēnae
Genitive lēnae lēnārum
Dative lēnae lēnīs
Accusative lēnam lēnās
Ablative lēnā lēnīs
Vocative lēna lēnae

References
  • lena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • lena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) a gentle, subdued voice: vox lenis, suppressa, summissa

Swedish

Pronunciation
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Adjective

lena

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of len.
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