lena
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lena"
HawaiianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega, Tongan enga and Maori rengarenga (“Arthropodium cirratum”).[1]
NounEdit
lena
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Tyron, Darell (1994), “Oceanic plant names”, in A.K. Pawley and M.D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change, Canberra, Australia: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 492-3
IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- le n-a (superseded)
EtymologyEdit
Fusion of le (“with”) with various meanings of a. The -n- is analogical to prepositions like i.
ParticleEdit
lena (triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)
- with which, with whom (indirect relative; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)
- an t-ord lena bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir ― the sledgehammer with which he is breaking the chair
- an bhean lena dúirt sé é ― the woman to whom he told it (literally, “the woman with whom he said it”)
Usage notesEdit
"With which" may also be expressed with the indirect relative particle before the verb and the appropriate inflected form of le in its original position in the clause:
- an t-ord a bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir leis ― the sledgehammer that he is breaking the chair with [it]
- an bhean a dúirt sé léi é ― the woman that he told it to [her]
ContractionEdit
lena
- Contraction of le (“with”) + a (various meanings).
- ‘with his’ (triggers lenition): lena dheartháir ― with his brother
- ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis): lena hathair ― with her father
- ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis): lena ndeartháir ― with their brother
Related termsEdit
Irish preposition contractions
| Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) | |
| de (“from”) | den | de na desna* |
de mo dem* |
de do ded*, det* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* |
do mo dom* |
do do dod*, dot* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
| i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* |
i do id*, it* |
ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
| le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* |
le do led*, let* |
lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
| ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* |
ó mo óm* |
ó do ód*, ót* |
óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
| trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
| *Dialectal. | ||||||||||
ReferencesEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lena”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lena f (plural lene)
- (literary) breath
- Synonym: respiro
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 22–24:
- E come quei che con lena affannata, ¶ uscito fuor del pelago a la riva, ¶ si volge a l’acqua perigliosa e guata, […]
- And even as he, who, with distressful breath, ¶ Forth issued from the sea upon the shore, ¶ Turns to the water perilous and gazes; […]
- (figurative) force, energy, vigour
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ lena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further readingEdit
- léna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Feminization of lēnō (“pimp”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēna | lēnae |
| Genitive | lēnae | lēnārum |
| Dative | lēnae | lēnīs |
| Accusative | lēnam | lēnās |
| Ablative | lēnā | lēnīs |
| Vocative | lēna | lēnae |
ReferencesEdit
- “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
MalagasyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
lena
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
lena
- absolute singular definite and plural form of len.
NounEdit
lena