dhen
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Plurale tantum; from the Gheg variant dhênd, from Proto-Albanian *dzenti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”). Compare Latin gens, English kin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dhen f pl (definite plural dhentë)
Cornish edit
Noun edit
dhen
- Soft mutation of den.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
dhen
- Univerbation of dhe (“from, off”) + an (“the”, sg)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
The dh represents a voiced dental fricative, the same as in English that. Compare, then, another obsolete spelling of the same word.
Pronoun edit
dhen c
Article edit
dhen c (definite)
Tarifit edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دهن.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dhen (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵀⴻⵏ)
- (transitive) to butter, to oil, to lubricate
- (transitive) to apply lotion
- (transitive, figuratively) to beat
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Yola edit
| < 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : dhen | ||
Etymology edit
From Middle English ten, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun. Cognates include English ten and Scots ten.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
dhen
- ten
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 21:
- Dhen aager.
- Ten-acres.
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:
- Aar was Parick o Dearmoth, an dhen score besidh,
- There was Patrick o Deormod, and ten score beside,
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 34