maen

See also: mäen and män

Breton

maen m (plural mein)

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Mutation of maen

Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare French main,Spanish mano.

maen f (plural maens)

maen m

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

maen m (plural meini)

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /man/, /mən/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/, /man/, /mən/
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

maen

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maen	faen	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “maen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

From ma- +‎ aen.

maen