maen

See also: maèn, mäen, and män

Breton

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle Breton men, from Old Breton main,[1] from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), from Proto-Celtic *maginos.[1] Cognate with Cornish men, Welsh maen.

    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

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*magino-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 252

    Dutch

    Noun

    maen f (plural maenen, diminutive maentje n)

    1. obsolete spelling of maan

    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/
    • Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
    • Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

    Noun

    maen m (plural meini)

    1. stone
    2. griddle stone
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /maːɨ̯n/
    • (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

    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
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