jenny
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Partially from generic use of the female given name Jenny (cf. Jane) and partially from informal pronunciations of engine.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jenny (plural jennies)
- A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
- A female creature of certain kinds:
- A catmill.
- In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
- Cream's potting had been extraordinary, extraordinary, I remember, said Goff. I never saw anything like it. We were watching breathless, as he set himself for a long thin jenny, with the black of all balls.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
device for spinning — see spinning jenny
female of donkey — see she-ass
Verb edit
jenny (third-person singular simple present jennies, present participle jennying, simple past and past participle jennied)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
< genua
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jenny
Declension edit
Inflection of jenny (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | jenny | jennyt | ||
genitive | jennyn | jennyjen | ||
partitive | jennyä | jennyjä | ||
illative | jennyyn | jennyihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | jenny | jennyt | ||
accusative | nom. | jenny | jennyt | |
gen. | jennyn | |||
genitive | jennyn | jennyjen | ||
partitive | jennyä | jennyjä | ||
inessive | jennyssä | jennyissä | ||
elative | jennystä | jennyistä | ||
illative | jennyyn | jennyihin | ||
adessive | jennyllä | jennyillä | ||
ablative | jennyltä | jennyiltä | ||
allative | jennylle | jennyille | ||
essive | jennynä | jennyinä | ||
translative | jennyksi | jennyiksi | ||
abessive | jennyttä | jennyittä | ||
instructive | — | jennyin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Old Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
jenny
- Alternative form of iny
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
jenny (not comparable, no derived adverb)
Declension edit
Declension of jenny (hard)
singular | plural | |||||
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masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | virile (= masculine personal) | non-virile | |
nominative | jenny | jenna | jenne | jenni | jenne | |
genitive | jennego | jennej | jennego | jennych | ||
dative | jennemu | jennej | jennemu | jennym | ||
accusative | jennego | jenny | jenną | jenne | jennych | jenne |
instrumental | jennym | jenną | jennym | jennymi | ||
locative | jennym | jennej | jennym | jennych |