kesten

Cornish

Etymology

From Latin castanea (compare Breton kistin), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kắstănă).

Noun

kesten f (singulative kestenen)

1. chestnuts

Derived terms

• derow kesten (“chestnut oak”)
• gell kesten (“chestnut brown”)
• kesten owr (“golden chestnuts”)
• korrgesten (“dwarf chestnuts”)
• marghgesten (“horse chestnuts”)

Mutation

Mutation of kesten

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kesten	gesten	hesten	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كستانه (kestane) (Turkish kestane) or German Kastanie, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kắstănă).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kêsteːn/
• Hyphenation: ke‧sten

Noun

kȅstēn m (Cyrillic spelling ке̏сте̄н)

1. chestnut

Declension

Declension of kesten

	singular	plural
nominative	kesten	kesteni
genitive	kestena	kestena
dative	kestenu	kestenima
accusative	kesten	kestene
vocative	kestene	kesteni
locative	kestenu	kestenima
instrumental	kestenom	kestenima