lenn

Breton

Etymology 1

Recorded as leen in Middle Breton in the Catholicon. Cognate with Welsh llên, darllen and Cornish lenna.

Verb

lenn

  1. (transitive) to read

Conjugation
Personal forms
IndicativeConditionalImperative
PresentImperfectPreteriteFuturePresentImperfect
1slennanlennenlennislenninlennfenlennjen-
2slennezlenneslennjoutlennilennfeslennjeslenn
3slennlennelennaslennolennfelennjelennet
1plennomplennemplennjomplennimplennfemplennjemplennomp
2plennitlennec'hlennjoc'hlennotlennfec'hlennjec'hlennit
3plennontlennentlennjontlennintlennfentlennjentlennent
0lennerlennedlennjodlennorlennfedlennjed-
Impersonal formsMutated forms
Infinitive: lenn
Present participle: lenn
Past participle: lennet (auxiliary verb: kaout)		Soft mutation after a: a lenn-
Mixed mutation after e: e lenn-
Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na lenn-

Etymology 2

From Old Breton lin, recorded as lenn in Middle Breton in the Catholicon. Cognate with Welsh llyn, Cornish lynn, Irish Gaelic linn and Gaulish lindon.

Noun

lenn f (lennoù or lenneier)

  1. lake

Etymology 3

From Old Breton lenn. Cognate with Welsh llen, Cornish len and Gaulish linna.

Noun

lenn f (lennoù)

  1. cover

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of le (“down”) +‎ -n (case suffix), lengthening the final -n. First attested in 1821.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛnː]
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  • Hyphenation: lenn

Adverb

lenn (comparative lejjebb)

  1. down
    Synonym: lent

Usage notes

Never declined. Some suffixes can be attached to its synonym, lent, e.g. lentről, lenti.

Derived terms
  • idelenn
  • odalenn

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

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) lain
  • (Sutsilvan) len

Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

lenn m

  1. (Sursilvan, Surmiran) wood
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