Jump to content

jenny

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Jenny and Jenný

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Partially from generic use of the female given name Jenny (cf. Jane) and partially from informal pronunciations of engine.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jenny (plural jennies)

  1. A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
  2. A female creature of certain kinds:
    1. a female donkey
    2. a female wren
    3. (Australia) a female crab.
  3. A catmill.
  4. In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
      Cream's potting had been extraordinary, extraordinary, I remember, said Goff. I never saw anything like it. We were watching breathless, as he set himself for a long thin jenny, with the black of all balls.

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

jenny (third-person singular simple present jennies, present participle jennying, simple past and past participle jennied)

  1. To wind finished lace onto cards ready for sale.

Finnish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From genua by association with the given name.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈjenːy/, [ˈje̞nːy]
  • Rhymes: -enːy
  • Hyphenation(key): jen‧ny

Noun

[edit]

jenny

  1. (nautical, sailing) Synonym of genua.

Declension

[edit]
Inflection of jenny (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative jenny jennyt
genitive jennyn jennyjen
partitive jennyä jennyjä
illative jennyyn jennyihin
singular plural
nominative jenny jennyt
accusative nom. jenny jennyt
gen. jennyn
genitive jennyn jennyjen
partitive jennyä jennyjä
inessive jennyssä jennyissä
elative jennystä jennyistä
illative jennyyn jennyihin
adessive jennyllä jennyillä
ablative jennyltä jennyiltä
allative jennylle jennyille
essive jennynä jennyinä
translative jennyksi jennyiksi
abessive jennyttä jennyittä
instructive jennyin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of jenny (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative jennyni jennyni
accusative nom. jennyni jennyni
gen. jennyni
genitive jennyni jennyjeni
partitive jennyäni jennyjäni
inessive jennyssäni jennyissäni
elative jennystäni jennyistäni
illative jennyyni jennyihini
adessive jennylläni jennyilläni
ablative jennyltäni jennyiltäni
allative jennylleni jennyilleni
essive jennynäni jennyinäni
translative jennykseni jennyikseni
abessive jennyttäni jennyittäni
instructive
comitative jennyineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative jennysi jennysi
accusative nom. jennysi jennysi
gen. jennysi
genitive jennysi jennyjesi
partitive jennyäsi jennyjäsi
inessive jennyssäsi jennyissäsi
elative jennystäsi jennyistäsi
illative jennyysi jennyihisi
adessive jennylläsi jennyilläsi
ablative jennyltäsi jennyiltäsi
allative jennyllesi jennyillesi
essive jennynäsi jennyinäsi
translative jennyksesi jennyiksesi
abessive jennyttäsi jennyittäsi
instructive
comitative jennyinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative jennymme jennymme
accusative nom. jennymme jennymme
gen. jennymme
genitive jennymme jennyjemme
partitive jennyämme jennyjämme
inessive jennyssämme jennyissämme
elative jennystämme jennyistämme
illative jennyymme jennyihimme
adessive jennyllämme jennyillämme
ablative jennyltämme jennyiltämme
allative jennyllemme jennyillemme
essive jennynämme jennyinämme
translative jennyksemme jennyiksemme
abessive jennyttämme jennyittämme
instructive
comitative jennyinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative jennynne jennynne
accusative nom. jennynne jennynne
gen. jennynne
genitive jennynne jennyjenne
partitive jennyänne jennyjänne
inessive jennyssänne jennyissänne
elative jennystänne jennyistänne
illative jennyynne jennyihinne
adessive jennyllänne jennyillänne
ablative jennyltänne jennyiltänne
allative jennyllenne jennyillenne
essive jennynänne jennyinänne
translative jennyksenne jennyiksenne
abessive jennyttänne jennyittänne
instructive
comitative jennyinenne

Old Polish

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /jɛnnɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /jɛnnɨ/

Adjective

[edit]

jenny

  1. Alternative form of iny

Polish

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
 
  • Rhymes: -ɛnnɘ
  • Syllabification: jen‧ny

Adjective

[edit]

jenny (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (regional or dialectal, Kuyavia) Alternative form of inny

Declension

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “jenny”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271