bena

See also: béna and Bena

Catalan

Noun

bena f (plural benes)

  1. bandage

Derived terms

Further reading

Gaulish

FWOTD – 17 June 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Akin to Old Irish ben (Irish bean (“woman”)), Welsh benyw (“woman”), Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, female, wife”) (Greek γυναίκα (gynaíka, “woman, wife”), English -gyny), Old English cwene (“woman”) (English queen), Old East Slavic жена (žena, “woman, wife”) (Russian жена (žena)).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /benaː/

Noun

benā f

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

References

  • Xavier Delamarre (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, →ISBN, page 72
  • Ranko Matasović (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, →ISBN, page 61

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *peanëk.

Noun

bena

  1. dog

Inflection

Odd, dn-n gradation
Nominative bena
Genitive bednaga
Singular Plural
Nominative bena bednaga
Accusative bednagav bednagijt
Genitive bednaga bednagij
Illative bednagij bednagijda
Inessive bednagin bednagijn
Elative bednagis bednagijs
Comitative bednagijn bednagij
Abessive bednagadagá
bednagadagi		 bednagijdagá
bednagijdagi
Essive benan
bednagin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bednagim
bednagam		 bednagimme bednagimme
2nd person bednagit
bednagat		 bednagihtte bednagihtte
3rd person bednagis bednagiska bednagisá

Further reading

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَنَى‎ (banā)

Verb

bena (imperfect jibni)

  1. build

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

bena n

  1. definite plural of ben

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːnɑ/

Noun

bēna m (nominative plural bēnan)

  1. petitioner, requester

Declension

Swedish

A "bena" passing over the middle of the skull, also known as a "mittbena"

Etymology 1

Noun

bena c

  1. parting, a way of combing hair in which a line is formed, the hair to the right of which is combed to the right, and the hair to the left is combed to the left; the line so formed
Declension
Declension of bena 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bena benan benor benorna
Genitive benas benans benors benornas
Derived terms
  • mittbena

Verb

bena (present benar, preterite benade, supine benat, imperative bena)

  1. to comb the hair into a "bena"

Etymology 2

From ben (“bone”).

Verb

bena (present benar, preterite benade, supine benat, imperative bena)

  1. (followed by ur) remove bones from a fish which is to be eaten
  2. (followed by ut) to attack a problem; to start to untangle a logical mess
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