ben
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
ben
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /bɛn/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /bɪn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Homophones: Ben, been (some accents), bin (pin-pen merger)
- Rhymes: -ɛn, -ɪn
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English ben, bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, favor, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say”). Related to ban. More at boon.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
ben (plural bens)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English ben, bene, variation of bin, binne (“within”), from Old English binnan (“within, in, inside of, into”), equivalent to be- + in.
Preposition edit
ben
- (Scotland, Northern England) In, into.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 32:
- And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.
Adverb edit
ben (not comparable)
Adjective edit
ben (comparative benner, superlative benmost)
- Inner, interior.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
ben (plural bens)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
Derived terms edit
References edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle English been, from Old French and Medieval Latin, probably from a North African pronunciation of Arabic بَان (bān, “ben tree”).
Noun edit
ben (plural bens)
- A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
- The winged seed of the ben tree.
- The oil of the ben seed.
Synonyms edit
- (tree): drumstick tree, horseradish tree, moringa
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Etymology 4 edit
From Arabic بِن (bin) and Hebrew בן (ben, “son”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
ben (uncountable)
- (usually capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Etymology 5 edit
Borrowed from Scots ben, benn, from Scottish Gaelic beinn.
Noun edit
ben (plural bens)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 6 edit
UK C16. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene.
Adjective edit
ben (comparative benar, superlative benat)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Alternative spelling of bene; good.
- 1611, Thomas Middleton, The Roaring Girle[2]:
- A gage of ben Rom-bouse, / In a bousing-ken of Rom-vile, / Is benar than a Caster, / Pecke, pennam, lay, or popler, / Which we mill in deuse a vile.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 7 edit
Shortening.
Noun edit
ben (plural bens)
- (UK, theater, slang, obsolete) A benefit (performance to raise funds).
- year?, The Catholic Literary Circular (page 75)
- In the Chronicles of the Stage, some curious particulars are given relating to Sir Henry Herbert and the well-known Sir William Davidson, by which we learn, amongst other things, that a “ben” or benefit at Drury Lane, two centuries ago, was worth a hundred pounds.
- year?, The Catholic Literary Circular (page 75)
References edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Amele edit
Adjective edit
ben
Noun edit
ben
- a big thing
References edit
- Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)
Berbice Creole Dutch edit
Noun edit
ben
References edit
- Silvia Kouwenberg, Berbice Dutch Glossed Texts (2013)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ben
- Alternative form of bé
- Porteu un vestit ben bonic. ― Wear a very pretty dress.
- Demà al matí ben d'hora m'aixeco i viatjo a Milan. ― Tomorrow morning quite early I'll get up and travel to Milan.
Usage notes edit
- The form ben is used when it precedes the adjective, adverb or verb form that it modifies, and bé is used in all other cases.
Cimbrian edit
Alternative forms edit
- bénne (Sette Comuni)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wenne, wanne, from Old High German hwenne, hwanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, from *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”). Cognate with German wenn, wann, English when. Doublet of benn (adverb), from the same Middle High German source.
Conjunction edit
ben
- (Luserna) when
- Khåntamar khön ben 'z tüata offe di pinakotèk? ― Can you tell me when the art gallery opens?
References edit
- “ben” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Corsican edit
Etymology edit
From bè (“well”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ben m
Adverb edit
ben
- Alternative form of bè
References edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bein (“bone, leg”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą, cognate with English bone, German Bein.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ben n (singular definite benet, plural indefinite ben)
- leg (a limb of a human or an animal used for walking; also, by analogy, the legs of a desk or a chair)
- Synonym: pusselanke (childish; joking)
- bone (any part of the skeleton)
- sinecure (a position that requires little to no work but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.)
Declension edit
References edit
- “ben” in Den Danske Ordbog
Domari edit
Etymology edit
From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀻 (bahiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Cognate with Hindi बहन (bahan).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ben f
References edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch bim, from Proto-Germanic *beuną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ben
Usage notes edit
Ben, as an imperative, is considered non-standard, the standard form being wees.
Synonyms edit
- (imperative) wees
Descendants edit
- Skepi Creole Dutch: ben
References edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ben, from Proto-Germanic *banjō.
Noun edit
ben n (genitive singular bens, plural ben)
Declension edit
Declension of ben | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ben | benið | ben | benini |
accusative | ben | benið | ben | benini |
dative | beni | beninum | benum | benunum |
genitive | bens | bensins | bena | benanna |
Declension of ben | ||||
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n22 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ben | benið | ben | benini |
accusative | ben | benið | ben | benini |
dative | beni | beninum | benjum, benum | benjunum, benunum |
genitive | bens | bensins | benja | benjanna |
Noun edit
ben f (genitive singular benjar, plural benjar)
Declension edit
f8 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ben | benin | benjar | benjarnar |
Accusative | ben | benina | benjar | benjarnar |
Dative | ben | benini | benjum | benjunum |
Genitive | benjar | benjarinnar | benja | benjanna |
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative form of bien
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
ben
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ben m (plural bens)
Further reading edit
- “ben”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
ben
Antonyms edit
Noun edit
ben
Related terms edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese ben, from Latin bene.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ben m (plural bens)
- benefit; welfare
- Synonym: beneficio
- (in the plural) goods
- good (the forces that are the enemy of evil)
- Antonym: mal
Related terms edit
Adverb edit
ben
- well
- Antonym: mal
- Ben feito! ― Well done!
- very; a lot; enough
- Eche un rapaz ben espilido! ― He's a very smart young man!
- 1473, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 29:
- cando se ganou dos mouros a grande batalla da figeira en donde tamen perdin e me mataron o cabalo e eu sahin ben librado enpero ben ferido de hua saetada enno braço dereito que non a vin curada fasta pasados ben tres meses
- when the great Battle of the Figtree was won to the Moors, where I also lost —and they killed— my horse and I got out safe but badly injured of an arrow shot in the right arm, wound that I saw not cured until more than three months later
- (followed by de or a contraction of de) a lot (of)
- Bótalle ben de zucre, sen medo! ― Add a lot of sugar, don't be shy!
- plus, or more, upwards
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 174:
- Et durou a guerra dessa uez ontre elles bem dous ãnos, fazendosse todauia muyto mal os hũus aos outros, de guisa que, ante que sse aquella contenda fijnse, morrerõ y muytos
- And the war between them lasted that time for two years plus, making in every way a lot of harm the ones to the others, in wise that, before that conflict had ended, many died there
Related terms edit
References edit
- “ben” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “ben” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ben” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian bene, French bien, Spanish bien and Portuguese bem.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ben (comparative melio, superlative le melio)
Derived terms edit
Istriot edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
ben
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ben (apocopated)
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
ben
Kabuverdianu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese vir and Spanish venir .
Verb edit
ben
- to come
Ladin edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
ben (comparative miec)
Noun edit
ben m (plural bens)
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Italian bene, from Latin.
Adverb edit
ben
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
ben
- Nonstandard spelling of bēn.
- Nonstandard spelling of běn.
- Nonstandard spelling of bèn.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane)
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ben | ven | men |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ben”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English edit
Verb edit
ben
- Alternative form of been
References edit
- “bēn” listed in the Middle English Dictionary [2001]
Northern Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun edit
ben ?
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Danish ben, from Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
Noun edit
ben n (definite singular benet, indefinite plural ben, definite plural bena or benene)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ben” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan ben, from Latin bene.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adverb edit
ben
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
ben m (plural bens)
Old Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *bainą.
Noun edit
bēn n
Inflection edit
Singular | Plural | |
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nominative | bēn | bēn |
accusative | bēn | bēn |
genitive | bēnis, -es | bēno |
dative | bēne, -i | bēnon |
Descendants edit
- Middle Dutch: bêen
Further reading edit
- “bēn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *bōniz. Cognate with Old Norse bón.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bēn f (nominative plural bēne or bēna)
- prayer, praying
- request, entreaty
- boon
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"
- Bide nu æt gode þæt ic grecisc cunne. Þa cwæþ se biscop him to, þu bæde ofer mine mæðe ac uton swa þeah biddan þas bena æt gode.
- Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Then said the Bishop to him, 'Thou hast asked beyond my power, but let us, nevertheless, ask this boon of God.'
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"
Declension edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *banjō. Cognate with Old Norse ben.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ben f
- Alternative form of benn
Old French edit
Adverb edit
ben
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bien
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Cognates include Old English bān, Old Saxon bēn and Old Dutch bēn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bēn n
Descendants edit
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Noun edit
ben f (genitive mná, nominative plural mná)
- woman
- wife
- Synonym: séitig
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
- Is bés trá dosom aní-siu cosc inna mban i tossug et a tabairt fo chumacte a feir, armbat irlamu de ind ḟir fo chumacte Dǽi, co·mbí íarum coscitir ind ḟir et do·airbertar fo réir Dǽ.
- This, then, is a custom of his, to correct the wives at first and to bring them under the power of their husbands, so that the husbands may be the readier under God’s power, so that afterwards the husbands are corrected and bowed down in subjection to God.
Inflection edit
Feminine irregular | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ben | mnaí | mná |
Vocative | ben | mnaí | mná |
Accusative | bein, mnaí | mnaí | mná |
Genitive | mná | ban | ban |
Dative | mnaí | mnáib | mnáib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
·ben
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of benaid
Verb edit
ben
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ben | ben pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mben |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ben”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “benaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *banjō.
Noun edit
ben f (genitive benjar, plural benjar)
ben n
Declension edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “ben”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
ben
Descendants edit
- Occitan: ben
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “bene”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1: A–B, page 322
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *bain.
Noun edit
bēn n
Descendants edit
Old Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- ᛒᚽᚿ (Runic)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bēn n
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Swedish: ben
Scots edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English binnan.
Noun edit
ben (plural bens)
Adjective edit
ben (comparative benner, superlative benmaist)
- Inner, interior.
Preposition edit
ben
- Through, in, into, inside (a dwelling).
- A gaed ben the chaumer.
- Come awah ben, hen.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic beinn.
Noun edit
ben (plural bens)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (beñ).
Noun edit
ben m (Cyrillic spelling бен)
Further reading edit
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Particle edit
ben
- Verbal marker for the past tense.
Usage notes edit
This marker can be combined with the markers sa or o for the future tense and e for the progressive aspect, in which case the order, if all are used, is that of ben sa/o e. Some examples:
- mi ben waka: “I had walked”.
- mi ben e waka: “I was walking”.
- mi ben sa waka: “I would walk”.
- mi ben sa e waka: “I would have been walking”.
Derived terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish bēn, from Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ben n
- (anatomy) leg; a body part
- leg; part of trousers which covers the legs
- the part of a piece furniture on which it stands
- (anatomy) bone; any of the components of an endoskeleton
- (anatomy) bone; the material of the endoskeleton
Declension edit
Declension of ben | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ben | benet | ben | benen |
Genitive | bens | benets | bens | benens |
Related terms edit
- armbågsben
- bakben
- bena
- bena upp
- bena ut
- benaska
- benbildning
- benbit
- benbrott
- benfisk
- benflisa
- benfri
- benfärgad
- benföring
- benget
- bengädda
- benhinna
- benhus
- benhård
- benig
- benighet
- bening
- benkläder
- benknota
- benknäckare
- benkol
- benlim
- benlinda
- benling
- benläder
- benlös
- benmassa
- benmjöl
- benmuskel
- benmärg
- benpipa
- benporslin
- benprotes
- benrangel
- benrester
- benröta
- bensax
- benskada
- benskena
- benskydd
- benskör
- benskörhet
- benspark
- bensprattel
- benstomme
- bensträckare
- benstump
- benstyrka
- bensår
- bentackling
- bentag
- benutrymme
- benved
- benvit
- benvärmare
- benvävnad
- bröstben
- båtben
- enbent
- fingerben
- fiskben
- framben
- fyrbent
- handlovsben
- hundben
- karpalben
- kobent
- korsben
- köttben
- lårben
- lösben
- mellanhandsben
- nyckelben
- penisben
- revben
- skenben
- skinn och ben
- strålben
- trebent
- träben
- tvåbent
- underben
- vadben
- vristben
- överarmsben
References edit
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ottoman Turkish بن (ben, “I”), from Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).[1][2]
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰢𐰤 (mn² /men/), 𐰋𐰤 (b²n² /ben/, “I”), Karakhanid مَنْ (men, “I”), Azerbaijani mən, Bashkir мин (min), Chuvash эпӗ (ep̬ĕ), Kazakh мен (men), Kyrgyz мен (men), Turkmen men.
Possibly related to Mongolian би (bi, “I”), Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi, “I”) (however, the Altaic family theory is now only supported by a minority of scholars).[3]
Pronoun edit
ben
Usage notes edit
- It is one of the two words that has irregular dative case declension. (The other one is "sen").
- It is one of the two words that has irregular genitive case declension. (The other one is "biz").
Declension edit
See also edit
Noun edit
ben (definite accusative beni, plural biz)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Ottoman Turkish بك (beñ, “mole”), from Proto-Turkic *beŋ (“mole on the face”).[4]
Cognate with Bashkir миң (miñ), Kyrgyz мең (meŋ), Kazakh мең (meñ) Turkmen meň, Yakut мэҥ (meñ).
Also compare Mongolian мэнгэ (menge, “mole, birthmark”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun edit
ben (definite accusative beni, plural benler)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | ben | |
Definite accusative | beni | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | ben | benler |
Definite accusative | beni | benleri |
Dative | bene | benlere |
Locative | bende | benlerde |
Ablative | benden | benlerden |
Genitive | benin | benlerin |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bẹ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ben”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Janhunen, Juha (2013), “Personal pronouns in Core Altaic”, in Martine Irma Robbeets, editor, Shared Grammaticalization: With Special Focus on the Transeurasian Languages[1], page 221; republished as Hubert Cuyckens, editor,, (please provide a date or year)
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*beŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
ben
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
(classifier xe) ben
See also edit
Volapük edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ben (nominative plural bens)
- (sense of) well-being, welfare, being well, wellness
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- bened (“a blessing”)
- benik
- beno (“well”, adverb)
- benod (“good deed, charitable act, benefit, benefaction”)
- benäd (“grace”)
- benädü God (“by God's grace, by the Grace of God”)
- benö!
- benön (“be well, be prosperous”, intransitive verb)
- benü (“for the benefit of”) (pöfikans (“the poor”))
Related terms edit
- benedam (“benediction, blessing (as an action)”)
- benedik (“benedictive, rich in blessings”)
- benedön (“bless”, transitive verb)
- beniköl (“doing well, thriving, flourishing”)
- benikön (“become well, prosper, thrive, flourish”, intransitive verb)
- benoköm (“a welcome”)
- benokömaglidön (“to welcome, bid welcome”, transitive verb)
- benokömö (“welcome!”)!
- benokömön (“arrive at the opportune moment”, intransitive verb)
- benolab (“wellness, i.e. "having (it) well", well-being, prosperity, affluence”)
- benolabik (“prosperous, well-to-do”)
- benovimik (“good-tempered”)
- benovip (“congratulation”)
- benovipön (“congratulate, wish (someone) well”, transitive verb)
- benädik (“gracious”)
- benüköl
- benükön (“benefit”, transitive verb)
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Welsh benn, from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Latin benna), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).
Noun edit
ben f (plural benni)
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
ben | fen | men | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
ben
- Soft mutation of pen (“head”).
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pen | ben | mhen | phen |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |