kent
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kent
- simple past and past participle of ken
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Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.
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kent (plural kents)
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kent (third-person singular simple present kents, present participle kenting, simple past and past participle kented)
- (Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole.
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kent
- inflection of kennen:
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kent
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ken
- Vajat kent a pirítósra. ― S/he spread butter on the toast.
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kent
- past participle of ken
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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kent | kentek |
accusative | kentet | kenteket |
dative | kentnek | kenteknek |
instrumental | kenttel | kentekkel |
causal-final | kentért | kentekért |
translative | kentté | kentekké |
terminative | kentig | kentekig |
essive-formal | kentként | kentekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kentben | kentekben |
superessive | kenten | kenteken |
adessive | kentnél | kenteknél |
illative | kentbe | kentekbe |
sublative | kentre | kentekre |
allative | kenthez | kentekhez |
elative | kentből | kentekből |
delative | kentről | kentekről |
ablative | kenttől | kentektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kenté | kenteké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kentéi | kentekéi |
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kent
Scots edit
Etymology 1 edit
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kent
- simple past tense and past participle of ken
Adjective edit
kent (comparative mair kent, superlative maist kent)
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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kent (plural kents)
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Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish كنت (kent, “village, town, city”), from older كند (kend), from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼹 (kand, “city”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (kend, “city, settlement”). Possibly cognate with Northern Kurdish gund (“village”). Most likely not related to Finnish kenttä (“field”).[1][2]
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kent (definite accusative kenti, plural kentler)
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Inflection | ||
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Nominative | kent | |
Definite accusative | kenti | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | kent | kentler |
Definite accusative | kenti | kentleri |
Dative | kente | kentlere |
Locative | kentte | kentlerde |
Ablative | kentten | kentlerden |
Genitive | kentin | kentlerin |
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- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kent1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ [1]
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kent
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- Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2