taen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "taen"

Galo

Noun

taen

1. cowry shell

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English theyn, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”).

Noun

taen m (genitive singular taein, nominative plural taein)

1. (historical) thane

Declension

Declension of taen (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative taen taein vocative a thaein a thaena genitive taein taen dative taen taein forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an taen na taein genitive an taein na dtaen dative leis an taen don taen leis na taein

Mutation

Mutated forms of taen

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taen	thaen	dtaen

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taen”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taen”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “taen”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scots

Participle

taen

1. past participle of tak

Alternative forms

• tane

Synonyms

• takken

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /taːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tai̯n/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *tagna, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néwti (“to be stretching”).

Noun

taen m (plural taenion)

1. spreading, dispersion

Derived terms

• ar daen (“spread, spread out”)
• taenell (“sprinkle”)
• taenlen (“spreadsheet”)
• taenu (“to spread”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of bod (“to be”).

Verb

taen

1. first/third-person plural counterfactual conditional colloquial of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)

   (pe) taen ni hapus ― if we were happy

   (pe) taen nhw hapus ― if they were happy

Mutation

Mutated forms of taen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
taen	daen	nhaen	thaen

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