maen

See also: mäen and män

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton and Old Breton main, from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic *maginos. Compare Welsh maen, Cornish men.

Noun

maen m (plural mein)

1. stone

Inflection

Mutation of maen

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	maen	vaen	unchanged	unchanged
plural	mein	vein	unchanged	unchanged

Gallo

Etymology

Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare French main,Spanish mano.

Noun

maen f (plural maens)

1. hand

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maen m

1. (eye dialect) definite singular of mann

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh maen, from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic *maginos. Compare Breton maen, Cornish men.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
• Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

Noun

maen m (plural meini)

1. stone
2. griddle stone

Derived terms

• calchfaen
• conglfaen
• gwenithfaen
• gwyrddfaen
• ithfaen
• llosgfaen
• maen breuan
• maen coffa
• maen chwŷf
• maen gwerthfawr
• maen hogi
• maen inc
• maen melin
• maen nadd
• maen pobi
• maen prawf
• maen sebon
• maen tramgwydd
• maen y Tiboeth
• meingylch (“stone circle”)
• mynd â'r maen i'r wal
• picau ar y maen
• sylfaen
• tormaen
• tywodfaen

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /man/, /mən/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/, /man/, /mən/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
• Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

Verb

maen

1. third-person plural present colloquial of bod

Usage notes

Only used in conjunction with the third person plural pronoun nhw. In conjunction with a plural noun, the form mae is used instead.

Synonyms

• (literary) maent

Mutation

Mutated forms of maen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maen	faen	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “maen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yami

Etymology

From ma- +‎ aen.

Adjective

maen

1. cold