penn

See also: Penn

Breton

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Etymology

From Middle Breton penn, from Old Breton penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛnː/

Noun

penn m (plural pennoù)

1. head
2. chief, leader

Inflection

Mutation of penn

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	penn	benn	fenn	unchanged
plural	pennoù	bennoù	fennoù	unchanged

Cornish

Alternative forms

• pedn

Etymology

From Middle Cornish pen, from Old Cornish pen, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [pɛnː]

Noun

penn m (plural pennow)

1. head
2. top
3. end

Mutation

Mutation of penn

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
penn	benn	fenn	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

penn

1. singular imperative of pennen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of pennen

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French peindre.

Verb

penn

1. to paint

Related terms

• pent
• penti
• pentire

Further reading

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Luxembourgish

Verb

penn

1. second-person singular imperative of pennen

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish penn (“pen”), from Latin penna.

Noun

penn m (genitive singular penney, plural pennyn)

1. pen

Derived terms

• penn leoaie m (“pencil”, literally “lead pen”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
penn	phenn	benn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “penn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh pen, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Noun

penn

1. head
2. chief

Mutation

Mutated forms of penn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
penn	benn	penn / phenn pronounced with /m̥-/	phenn

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural penner, definite plural pennene)

1. a pen (writing tool)

Derived terms

• fjærpenn
• pennen er mektigere enn sverdet
• pennesplitt
• pennestrøk
• tusjpenn

 

References

• “penn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “penn_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural pennar, definite plural pennane)

1. a pen (writing tool)

Derived terms

• pennesplitt
• pennestrøk
• tusjpenn

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (“pin, bolt, nail, tack”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to pinn (“peg, pin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /penn/, [pen]

Noun

penn m

1. pen, enclosure, fold