taen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "taen"

Galo

Noun

taen

  1. cowry shell

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English theyn, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”).

Noun

taen m (genitive singular taein, nominative plural taein)

  1. (historical) thane

Declension

Declension of taen (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative taen taein
vocative a thaein a thaena
genitive taein taen
dative taen taein
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an taen na taein
genitive an taein na dtaen
dative leis an taen
don taen 		leis na taein

Mutation

Mutated forms of taen
radical lenition eclipsis
taen thaen dtaen

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

Further reading

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dāan, from Proto-Germanic *dēaną.

Verb

tāen

  1. to suck; to suckle[1]

Conjugation

Note: Starostin gives tāju as the 1st person singular present indicative.

Conjugation of tāen (weak class 1)
infinitive tāen
indicative present past
1st person singular tāu tāta
2nd person singular tāis, tāist tātōs, tātōst
3rd person singular tāit tāta
1st person plural tāem, tāemēs tātum, tātumēs
2nd person plural tāet tātut
3rd person plural tāent tātun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular tāe tāti
2nd person singular tāēs, tāēst tātīs, tātīst
3rd person singular tāe tāti
1st person plural tāēm, tāēn, tāemēs tātīm, tātīn, tātīmēs
2nd person plural tāēt tātīt
3rd person plural tāēn tātīn
imperative present
singular tāi
plural tāet
participle present past
tāenti gitāt

Descendants

  • Middle High German: tāen, dāen

See also

  • draen – similar etymological development

References

  1. ^ Listed in Sergei Starostin (ed.), Germanic Etymology Database, Moscow: Starling, entry for Proto-Germanic *dajján-, accessed 9 July 2025, starlingdb.org

Scots

Participle

taen

  1. past participle of tak

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *tagna, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néwti (“to be stretching”).[1][2]

Noun

taen m (plural taenion)

  1. spreading, dispersion
Derived terms
  • ar daen (“spread, spread out”)
  • taenell (“sprinkle”)
  • taenlen (“spreadsheet”)
  • taenu (“to spread”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of bod (“to be”).

Verb

taen

  1. first/third-person plural counterfactual conditional colloquial of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)
    (pe) taen ni hapus ― if we were happy
    (pe) taen nhw hapus ― if they were happy

Mutation

Mutated forms of taen
radical soft nasal aspirate
taen daen nhaen thaen

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

References

  1. ^ Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society. (1924). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 11
  2. ^ LATHAM, R. G., PRICHARD, J. C. (1857). The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations Proved by a Comparison of Their Dialects with the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic Languages: Forming a Supplement to Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind. United Kingdom: Houlston and Wright, p. 22
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