ben
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
ben
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /bɛn/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /bɪn/
Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: been (some accents), bin (pin-pen merger)
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Etymology 1Edit
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 formsEdit
NounEdit
ben (plural bens)
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English ben, bene, variation of bin, binne (“within”), from Old English binnan (“within, in, inside of, into”), equivalent to be- + in.
PrepositionEdit
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.
AdverbEdit
ben (not comparable)
AdjectiveEdit
ben (comparative benner, superlative benmost)
- Inner, interior.
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
ben (plural bens)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English been, from Old French and Medieval Latin, probably from a North African pronunciation of Arabic بَان (bān, “ben tree”).
NounEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
- (tree): drumstick tree, horseradish tree, moringa
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 4Edit
From Arabic بِن (bin) and Hebrew בן (ben, “son”).
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
ben (uncountable)
- (usually capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 5Edit
Borrowed from Scots ben, benn, from Scottish Gaelic beinn.
NounEdit
ben (plural bens)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 6Edit
UK C16. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene.
AdjectiveEdit
ben (comparative benar, superlative benat)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Alternative spelling of bene; good.
- 1611, Middleton, Thomas, 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 termsEdit
Etymology 7Edit
Shortening.
NounEdit
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)
ReferencesEdit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
AmeleEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ben
NounEdit
ben
- a big thing
ReferencesEdit
- Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)
Berbice Creole DutchEdit
NounEdit
ben
ReferencesEdit
- Silvia Kouwenberg, Berbice Dutch Glossed Texts (2013)
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
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 notesEdit
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.
CimbrianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- bénne (Sette Comuni)
EtymologyEdit
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.
ConjunctionEdit
ben
- (Luserna) when
- Khåntamar khön ben 'z tüata offe di pinakotèk? ― Can you tell me when the art gallery opens?
ReferencesEdit
- “ben” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
CorsicanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From bè (“well”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ben m
AdverbEdit
ben
- Alternative form of bè
ReferencesEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse bein (“bone, leg”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą, cognate with English bone, German Bein.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ben” in Den Danske Ordbog
DomariEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀻 (bahiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Cognate with Hindi बहन (bahan).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ben f
ReferencesEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch bim, from Proto-Germanic *beuną.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ben
Usage notesEdit
Ben, as an imperative, is considered non-standard, the standard form being wees.
SynonymsEdit
- (imperative) wees
DescendantsEdit
- Skepi Creole Dutch: ben
ReferencesEdit
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse ben, from Proto-Germanic *banjō.
NounEdit
ben n (genitive singular bens, plural ben)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
NounEdit
ben f (genitive singular benjar, plural benjar)
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative form of bien
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
ben
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ben m (plural bens)
Further readingEdit
- “ben”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
ben
AntonymsEdit
NounEdit
ben
Related termsEdit
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese ben, from Latin bene.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ben m (plural bens)
- benefit; welfare
- Synonym: beneficio
- (in the plural) goods
- good (the forces that are the enemy of evil)
- Antonym: mal
Related termsEdit
AdverbEdit
ben
- well
- Ben feito! ― Well done!
- Antonym: mal
- very; a lot; enough
- 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
- Eche un rapaz ben espilido! ― He's a very smart young man!
- plus, or more, upwards
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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
- 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
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 174:
Derived termsEdit
- ben de (“many, a lot”)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “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.
InterlinguaEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian bene, French bien, Spanish bien and Portuguese bem.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ben (comparative melio, superlative le melio)
Derived termsEdit
IstriotEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
ben
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ben (apocopated)
Derived termsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
ben
KabuverdianuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese vir and Spanish venir .
VerbEdit
ben
- to come
LadinEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
ben (comparative miec)
NounEdit
ben m (plural bens)
LombardEdit
EtymologyEdit
Akin to Italian bene, from Latin.
AdverbEdit
ben
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
ben
Usage notesEdit
- 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.
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane)
MutationEdit
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. |
ReferencesEdit
- 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 EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
ben
- Alternative form of been
ReferencesEdit
- “bēn” listed in the Middle English Dictionary [2001]
Northern KurdishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛn
NounEdit
ben ?
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Danish ben, from Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
NounEdit
ben n (definite singular benet, indefinite plural ben, definite plural bena or benene)
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ben” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan ben, from Latin bene.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdverbEdit
ben
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
ben m (plural bens)
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *bainą.
NounEdit
bēn n
InflectionEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Middle Dutch: bêen
Further readingEdit
- “bēn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Germanic *bōniz. Cognate with Old Norse bón.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bēn f (nominative plural bēne or bēna)
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Germanic *banjō. Cognate with Old Norse ben.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ben f
- Alternative form of benn
Old FrenchEdit
AdverbEdit
ben
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bien
Old FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Cognates include Old English bān, Old Saxon bēn and Old Dutch bēn.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bēn n
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
NounEdit
ben f (genitive mná, nominative plural mná)
- woman
- wife
- 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.
- 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
InflectionEdit
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
·ben
VerbEdit
ben
MutationEdit
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 readingEdit
- 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 NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *banjō.
NounEdit
ben f (genitive benjar, plural benjar)
ben n
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ben”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ben
DescendantsEdit
- Occitan: ben
ReferencesEdit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “bene”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1: A–B, page 322
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *bain.
NounEdit
bēn n
DescendantsEdit
Old SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bēn n
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Swedish: ben
ScotsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English binnan.
NounEdit
ben (plural bens)
AdjectiveEdit
ben (comparative benner, superlative benmaist)
- Inner, interior.
PrepositionEdit
ben
- Through, in, into, inside (a dwelling).
- A gaed ben the chaumer.
- Come awah ben, hen.
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic beinn.
NounEdit
ben (plural bens)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بڭ (beñ), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *beŋ (“mole on the face”).
NounEdit
ben m (Cyrillic spelling бен)
SynonymsEdit
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
ParticleEdit
ben
- Verbal marker for the past tense.
Usage notesEdit
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 termsEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish bēn, from Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ben | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ben | benet | ben | benen |
Genitive | bens | benets | bens | benens |
Related termsEdit
- 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
ReferencesEdit
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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]
PronounEdit
ben
Usage notesEdit
- 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").
DeclensionEdit
See alsoEdit
NounEdit
ben (definite accusative beni, plural biz)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Ottoman Turkish بڭ (beŋ, “mole”), from Proto-Turkic *beŋ (“mole on the face”).[4]
Cognate with Bashkir миң (miŋ), Kyrgyz мең (meŋ), Kazakh мең (meñ) Turkmen meň, Yakut мэҥ (meñ).
Also compare Mongolian мэнгэ (menge, “mole, birthmark”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
NounEdit
ben (definite accusative beni, plural benler)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
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 termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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 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
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
ben
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
VietnameseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
(classifier xe) ben
See alsoEdit
VolapükEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ben (nominative plural bens)
- (sense of) well-being, welfare, being well, wellness
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- 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 termsEdit
- 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)
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ben
- Soft mutation of pen.
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
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. |