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ben

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ben

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bengali.

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English

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Noun

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ben (plural bens)

  1. (obsolete) A prayer; a petition.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English ben, bene, variation of bin, binne (“within”), from Old English binnan (“within, in, inside of, into”), equivalent to be- +‎ in.

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ben

  1. (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.

Adverb

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ben (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Inside.

Adjective

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ben (comparative benner, superlative benmost)

  1. Inner, interior.
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ben (plural bens)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
    • 1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 25:
      Bert Kerston was awakened by a steady tap on the ben window.
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English been, from Old French and Medieval Latin, probably from a North African pronunciation of Arabic بَان (bān, “ben tree”).

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ben (plural bens)

  1. A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
  2. The winged seed of the ben tree.
  3. The oil of the ben seed.
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Etymology 4

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From Arabic بِن (bin) and Hebrew בן (ben, “son”).

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ben (uncountable)

  1. (usually capitalized) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
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Etymology 5

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Borrowed from Scots ben, benn, from Scottish Gaelic beinn.

Noun

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ben (plural bens)

  1. A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
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Etymology 6

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c. 16th century. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene.

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ben (comparative benar, superlative benat)

  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Alternative spelling of bene; good.
    • 1611, Thomas Middleton, 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.
      [paraphrase] A pot of good wine, / In a pub of London, / Is better than a cloak, / Meat, bread, milk, or porridge, / Which we steal in the countryside.
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Etymology 7

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Shortening.

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ben (plural bens)

  1. (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.
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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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Anagrams

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Amele

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Adjective

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ben

  1. big

Noun

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ben

  1. a big thing

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  • Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012)

Berbice Creole Dutch

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Noun

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ben

  1. bean

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Catalan

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Adverb

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ben

  1. 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.

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  • 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.

Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

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ben

  1. (Luserna) when
    Khåntamar khön ben 'z tüata offe di pinakotèk? ― Can you tell me when the art gallery opens?

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Cornish

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Brythonic *bon, from Proto-Celtic *bonus (see Breton Ben-, Welsh bôn). Found as pen in the placename Pentewan.

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ben m (plural benyow)

  1. base, foot
  2. (of a tree) trunk, stump

Etymology 2

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Same source as benyn. Cognate with English queen, among others.

Noun

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ben f

  1. woman
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  • Only found in the expression hy ben and its derivatives.
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  • kila (masculine equivalent)

Mutation

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Mutation of ben
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
ben ven unchanged pen fen ven

Corsican

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Etymology

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From bè (“well”).

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ben m

  1. deceased

Adverb

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ben

  1. Alternative form of bè

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bein (“bone, leg”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą, cognate with English bone, German Bein.

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  • IPA(key): /beːˀn/, [ˈb̥eˀn]

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ben n (singular definite benet, plural indefinite ben)

  1. 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)
  2. bone (any part of the skeleton)
  3. sinecure (a position that requires little to no work but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.)

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Declension of ben
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ben benet ben benene
genitive bens benets bens benenes

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Domari

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Etymology

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From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀻 (bahiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Cognate with Hindi बहन (bahan).

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ben f

  1. sister

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  • Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎[3], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 65

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch bim, from Proto-Germanic *beuną.

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Verb

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ben

  1. inflection of zijn:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Ben, as an imperative, is considered non-standard, the standard form being wees.

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Descendants

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  • Skepi Creole Dutch: ben

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ben, from Proto-Germanic *banjō.

Noun

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ben n (genitive singular bens, plural ben)

  1. wound

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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
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

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ben f (genitive singular benjar, plural benjar)

  1. wound

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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

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Fingallian

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Etymology

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From Middle English bynne, from Old English binne, from Proto-West Germanic *binnu.

Noun

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ben

  1. bin

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  • J. J. Hogan and Patrick C. O'Neill (1947) Béaloideas Iml. 17, Uimh 1/2, An Cumann Le Béaloideas Eireann/Folklore of lreland Society, page 264

French

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Etymology 1

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Alternative form of bien

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Interjection

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ben

  1. (informal) Well; uh
    Synonym: bah
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of bénard.

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Noun

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ben m (plural bens)

  1. (slang) pants, trousers

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin bene.

Adverb

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ben

  1. well
  2. properly, nicely

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ben

  1. good
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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese ben, from Latin bene.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛŋ/ [ˈbɛŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ
  • Hyphenation: ben

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ben m (plural bens)

  1. benefit; welfare
    Synonym: beneficio
  2. (in the plural) goods
  3. good (the forces that are the enemy of evil)
    Antonym: mal
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ben

  1. well
    Antonym: mal
    Ben feito! ― Well done!
  2. very; a lot; enough
    Eche un rapaz ben espilido! ― He's a very smart young man!
    • 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
  3. (followed by de or a contraction of de) a lot (of)
    Bótalle ben de zucre, sen medo! ― Add a lot of sugar, don't be shy!
  4. plus, or more, upwards
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, 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
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Interlingua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian bene, French bien, Spanish bien and Portuguese bem.

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Adverb

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ben (comparative melio, superlative le melio)

  1. well

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Istriot

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Etymology

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From Latin bene.

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ben

  1. well

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛn/
  • Hyphenation: bèn

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ben (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of bene
    ben fatto ― well done

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Japanese

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Romanization

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ben

  1. Rōmaji transcription of べん

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese vir.

Verb

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ben

  1. to come

Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin bene.

Adverb

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ben (comparative miec)

  1. well
  2. properly

Noun

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ben m (plural bens)

  1. (especially in the plural) goods, property

Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian bene, from Latin.

Adverb

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ben

  1. well

Mandarin

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Romanization

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ben

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of běn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bèn.

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  • 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.

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

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Noun

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ben f (genitive singular mreih, plural mraane)

  1. woman

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ben ven men
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle English

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Verb

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ben

  1. Alternative form of been

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Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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ben ?

  1. string, rope

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Danish ben, from Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

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ben n (definite singular benet, indefinite plural ben, definite plural bena or benene)

  1. a leg
  2. a bone

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan ben, from Latin bene.

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Adverb

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ben

  1. well

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Noun

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ben m (plural bens)

  1. good, possession

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *bainą.

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bēn n

  1. leg
  2. bone

Inflection

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Declension of ben (neuter strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative bēn bēn
accusative bēn bēn
genitive bēnis, -es bēno
dative bēne, -i bēnon

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Further reading

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  • “bēn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *bōniz. Cognate with Old Norse bón.

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bēn f (nominative plural bēne or bēna)

  1. prayer, praying
  2. request, entreaty
  3. boon
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"
      Bide nu æt gode þæt ic grecisc cunne. Þa cwæþ se biscop him to, þu bæde ofer mine mæðe ac uton swa þeah biddan þas bena æt gode.
      Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Then said the Bishop to him, 'Thou hast asked beyond my power, but let us, nevertheless, ask this boon of God.'
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Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative bēn bēne, bēna
accusative bēn, bēne bēne, bēna
genitive bēne bēna
dative bēne bēnum
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *banjō. Cognate with Old Norse ben.

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ben f

  1. Alternative form of benn

Old French

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Adverb

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ben

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bien

Old Frisian

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Ēn bēn (1).
 
Ēn bēn (2).

Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Cognates include Old English bān, Old Saxon bēn and Old Dutch bēn.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːn/, [ˈbɛːn]

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bēn n

  1. bone
  2. leg

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

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ben f (genitive mná, nominative plural mná)

  1. woman
    Synonyms: banscál, bé, frac
    • 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. 31c7
      arna érbarthar, “Ó chretsit, nín·tá airli ar mban”
      lest it be said, “Since they believed, we do not have management (?) of our women”
  2. wife
    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
      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.
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Feminine irregular
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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·ben

  1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of benaid

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ben

  1. second-person singular imperative of benaid

Mutation

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Mutation of ben
radical lenition nasalization
ben ben
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mben

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *banjō.

Noun

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ben f (genitive benjar, plural benjar)

  1. mortal wound
  2. small bleeding wound

ben n

  1. wound

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  Declension of ben (strong jō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ben benin benjar benjarnar
accusative ben benina benjar benjarnar
dative ben beninni benjum benjunum
genitive benjar benjarinnar benja benjanna
  Declension of ben (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ben benit ben benin
accusative ben benit ben benin
dative beni beninu benjum benjunum
genitive bens bensins benja benjanna
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  • bani m (“bane”)
  • benja (“to wound mortally”)

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  • “ben”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin bene.

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ben

  1. well

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bain.

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bēn n

  1. bone

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Old Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

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Noun

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bēn n

  1. bone
  2. leg

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Declension of bēn (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bēn bēnit bēn bēnin
accusative bēn bēnit bēn bēnin
dative bēni, bēne bēninu, bēneno bēnum, bēnom bēnumin, bēnomen
genitive bēns bēnsins bēna bēnanna

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Scots

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Etymology 1

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From Old English binnan.

Preposition

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ben

  1. through, in, into, inside (a dwelling).
    A gaed ben the chaumer.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Come awah ben, hen.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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ben (comparative benner, superlative benmaist)

  1. inner, interior.

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ben (plural bens)

  1. The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).

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Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic beinn.

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ben (plural bens)

  1. mountain, hill

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (beñ).

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ben m (Cyrillic spelling бен)

  1. (regional) birthmark, mole, naevus
    Synonym: madež

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  • “ben”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “ben”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “ben”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English been.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbeŋ/, /ˈben/, [ˈbɪ̞ŋ], [ˈbe̝ŋ]

Particle

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ben

  1. Verbal marker for the past tense.

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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”.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish bēn, from Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

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ben n

  1. (anatomy) leg; a body part
  2. leg; part of trousers which covers the legs
  3. the part of a piece furniture on which it stands
  4. (anatomy) bone; any of the components of an endoskeleton
  5. (anatomy) bone; the material of the endoskeleton

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Declension of ben
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ben bens
definite benet benets
plural indefinite ben bens
definite benen benens
Declension of ben (dialectal)
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ben bens
definite bene benes
plural indefinite ben bens
definite bena benas
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Tày

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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ben

  1. betel case

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Noun

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ben (扁)

  1. pack; bundle
    ben khẩu nâng ― one bundle of rice
    ben da ― pack of medicine

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ben (扁)

  1. to wrap around
    Ben đảy pác khêm bấu ben đảy pác cần.
    You can wrap up a needlestick but you can't wrap up a person's mouth.
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Noun

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(classifier ăn) ben

  1. weir
    ngắt ben ― to stretch the weir
    nằng ben ― to wait for fish at the weir

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[4][5] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[6] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[7] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɛn/, /bæn/
  • Hyphenation: ben
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بَنْ (ban /⁠ben⁠/, “I”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بن (/⁠bän⁠/, “I”), from Common Turkic *bän (“I”), from Proto-Turkic *ben- (“me”), oblique of *be (“I”).[1][2]

Cognate with Azerbaijani mən, Turkmen men; Uzbek men, Uyghur مەن (men), Karakhanid مَنْ (man /⁠män⁠/, “I”); Crimean Tatar men, Armeno-Kipchak մեն (men), Tatar мин (min), Bashkir мин (min), Kazakh мен (men), Kyrgyz мен (men); Old Turkic 𐰋𐰤 (b²n² /⁠bän⁠/, “I”), 𐰢𐰤 (mn² /⁠män⁠/); Chuvash эпӗ (ep̬ĕ); etc.

Possibly related to Mongolian ᠪᠢ (bi, “I”) / би (bi), Evenki бӣ (bī), Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi, “I”).[3]

Pronoun

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ben

  1. I, me
Usage notes
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  • 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").
Declension
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Inflection
Nominative ben
Definite accusative beni
Singular Plural
Nominative ben biz
Definite accusative beni bizi
Dative bana bize
Locative bende bizde
Ablative benden bizden
Genitive benim bizim
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Turkish personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ben biz
2nd person familiar sen siz
polite siz sizler
3rd person o onlar

Noun

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ben (definite accusative beni, plural biz)

  1. (psychology) ego

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Etymology 2

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From Ottoman Turkish بك (beñ, “mole”), from Proto-Turkic *beŋ (“mole on the face”).[4]

Cognate with Bashkir миң (miñ), Kyrgyz мең (meŋ), Kazakh мең (meñ) Turkmen meň, Yakut мэҥ (meñ).

Also compare Mongolian мэнгэ (menge, “mole, birthmark”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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ben (definite accusative beni, plural benler)

  1. birthmark, mole
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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
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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ben”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Janhunen, Juha (2013) “Personal pronouns in Core Altaic”, in Martine Irma Robbeets, editor, Shared Grammaticalization: With Special Focus on the Transeurasian Languages‎[1], page 221; republished as Hubert Cuyckens, editor, (Please provide a date or year)
  4. ^ 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

Venetan

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Etymology

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From Latin bene.

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ben

  1. well

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Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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From French benne.

Noun

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ben

  1. a cabin
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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ben

  1. (Southern Vietnam) to be comparable
    Synonym: bì
    Ai thong thả, trâu nào ben được ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin bene.

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Noun

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ben (nominative plural bens)

  1. (sense of) well-being, welfare, being well, wellness

Declension

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declension of ben
singular plural
nominative ben bens
genitive bena benas
dative bene benes
accusative beni benis
vocative 1 o ben! o bens!
predicative 2 benu benus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Welsh

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Welsh benn, from Proto-Brythonic *benn, from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Latin benna), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).

Noun

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ben f (plural benni)

  1. (transport, archaic) cart, wagon
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ben
radical soft nasal aspirate
ben fen men unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ben

  1. Soft mutation of pen (“head”).

Mutation

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Mutated forms of pen
radical soft nasal aspirate
pen ben mhen phen

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