Lehen
See also: lehen
Basque edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lehen/ [le.hẽn]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /len/ [lẽn]
- (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ehen
- (Southern) Rhymes: -en
- Hyphenation: Le‧hen
Proper noun edit
Lehen anim
- A mythological sea serpent.
- 1834, Agosti Xaho, Azti-Beguia:
- Orhit düzia Lehen-Süge hura ikhusirik, jinkoilluaren harra bere khokotsian bezala, bere egongiak lürpian edo ifernietan obratzen […]
- You who saw the snake Lehen, do you remember how it built its underground residence […] like a male butterfly its cocoon?
Declension edit
Declension of Lehen (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | |
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absolutive | Lehen |
ergative | Lehenek |
dative | Leheni |
genitive | Lehenen |
comitative | Lehenekin |
causative | Lehenengatik |
benefactive | Lehenentzat |
instrumental | Lehenez |
inessive | Lehenengan |
locative | — |
allative | Lehenengana |
terminative | Lehenenganaino |
directive | Lehenenganantz |
destinative | Lehenenganako |
ablative | Lehenengandik |
partitive | Lehenik |
prolative | Lehentzat |
German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *laihną.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Lehen n (strong, genitive Lehens, plural Lehen)
Declension edit
Declension of Lehen [neuter, strong]
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Lehen” in Duden online