penn

See also: Penn and penn-

Breton

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
  3. end

Inflection

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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

Noun

penn m (plural pennow)

  1. head
  2. top, summit
  3. end

Derived terms

  • dres penn ha diwskovarn (“head over heels”)
  • drog penn (“headache”)
  • kyns penn (“within”)
  • penn a-rag (“bow (of a ship)”)
  • penn an fordh (“destination”)
  • penn bobba (“idiot”)
  • penn du (“blackhead, tadpole”)
  • penn glin (“kneecap”)
  • penn gwynn (“penguin”)
  • penn hyns (“terminal”)
  • penn kales (“stubborn, obstinate”)
  • penn koog (“empty-headed, vacuous”)
  • penn medhow (“drunkard”)
  • penn pali (“blue tit”)
  • penn pyst (“idiot”)
  • penn rudh (“redhead”)
  • penn sagh (“mumps”)
  • penn tir (“headland”)
  • penn war (“superior to”)
  • penn ys (“head of corn”)
  • penn- (“main, top, premier”)
  • penn-aghel (“geographical pole”)
  • penn-bloodh (“anniversary, birthday”)
  • penn-dro (“dizziness, giddiness, nausea, vertigo”, noun)
  • penn-dro (“dizzy, giddy, nauseous”, adjective)
  • penn-drog (“wicked”)
  • penn-seythen (“weekend”)
  • penn-sogh (“hare-brained”)
  • penncita (“capital city”)
  • penndhyskador m (“headmaster, headteacher, principal”)
  • penndhyskadores f (“headmistress, headteacher, principal”)
  • penndoll (“dolphin, grampus whale, porpoise”)
  • penndomereth (“hot-headedness”)
  • penndomm (“hot-head”)
  • penndroppya (“to nod”, verb)
  • penneghlek (“polar”)
  • penneglos (“cathedral”)
  • pennek (“big-headed”)
  • pennfenten (“source”)
  • pennfros (“muzzle”)
  • pennhembrenkyas (“general (army)”)
  • pennkuntelles (“summit (meeting)”)
  • pennlinen (“headline, heading”)
  • pennlugarn (“headlight”)
  • pennobereth (“masterpiece”)
  • pennplas (“headquarters”)
  • pennpusorn (“refrain”)
  • pennrewl (“premise”)
  • pennrewlys (“basics”)
  • Pennroweth (“premiership”)
  • Pennrynn Gwer (“Cape Verde”)
  • Pennsans (“Penzance”)
  • pennser (“architect”)
  • pennseviges (“princess”)
  • pennsevik (“prince”)
  • pennskav (“dizzy”)
  • pennskol (“university”)
  • pennskrifa (“to edit”, verb)
  • pennti (“small farmhouse”)
  • pennvagas (“anemone”)
  • pennvenyster (“premier, prime minister”)
  • pennwari (“final”)
  • toll an penn (“poll tax”)
  • yn kettep penn (“individually”)

Mutation

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

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

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

penn

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French peindre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ̃n/

Verb

penn

  1. to paint

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

Mutation of penn
radical lenition eclipsis
penn phenn benn

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

References

Middle Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pen/

Noun

penn

  1. head
  2. chief

Derived terms

  • ympenn

Descendants

  • Welsh: pen

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. a pen (writing tool)

Derived terms

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
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