azen

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], through Vulgar Latin from Latin asinus. Compare Welsh asyn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.zɛn/

Noun

azen m (plural ezen or azened)

  1. "to predate" or "to long" or "to desire"

Derived terms

  • azenez

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.zə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: azen
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch asen. Equivalent to aas +‎ -en.

Verb

azen

  1. (intransitive) to predate [with op]
  2. (intransitive) to long, to desire [with op ‘for’]
Conjugation
Conjugation of azen (weak)
infinitive azen
past singular aasde
past participle geaasd
infinitive azen
gerund azen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular aas aasde
2nd person sing. (jij) aast, aas2 aasde
2nd person sing. (u) aast aasde
2nd person sing. (gij) aast aasde
3rd person singular aast aasde
plural azen aasden
subjunctive sing.1 aze aasde
subjunctive plur.1 azen aasden
imperative sing. aas
imperative plur.1 aast
participles azend geaasd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

azen

  1. plural of aas

Japanese

Romanization

azen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あぜん

Middle High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈaːsən/

Verb

āȥen

  1. first/third-person plural preterite indicative of ëȥȥen