lenn

Breton

Etymology 1

Recorded as leen in Middle Breton in the Catholicon. Cognate with Welsh llên, darllen and Cornish lenna.

Verb

lenn

  1. (transitive) to read

Conjugation

Personal forms
Indicative Conditional Imperative
Present Imperfect Preterite Future Present Imperfect
1s lennan lennen lennis lennin lennfen lennjen -
2s lennez lennes lennjout lenni lennfes lennjes lenn
3s lenn lenne lennas lenno lennfe lennje lennet
1p lennomp lennemp lennjomp lennimp lennfemp lennjemp lennomp
2p lennit lennec'h lennjoc'h lennot lennfec'h lennjec'h lennit
3p lennont lennent lennjont lennint lennfent lennjent lennent
0 lenner lenned lennjod lennor lennfed lennjed -
Impersonal forms Mutated forms
Infinitive: lenn
Present participle: lenn
Past participle: lennet (auxiliary verb: kaout) 		Soft mutation after a: a lenn-
Mixed mutation after e: e lenn-
Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na lenn-

Etymology 2

From Old Breton lin, recorded as lenn in Middle Breton in the Catholicon. Cognate with Welsh llyn, Cornish lynn, Irish Gaelic linn and Gaulish lindon.

Noun

lenn f (lennoù or lenneier)

  1. lake

Etymology 3

From Old Breton lenn. Cognate with Welsh llen, Cornish len and Gaulish linna.

Noun

lenn f (lennoù)

  1. cover

Hungarian

Etymology

A lexicalized inflected form derived from le (“down”) +‎ -n (“case suffix”), lengthening the final -n. First attested in 1821.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛnː]
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  • Hyphenation: lenn

Adverb

lenn

  1. down

Usage notes

Never declined. Some suffixes can be attached to its synonym, lent, e.g. lentről, lenti.

Synonyms

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) lain
  • (Sutsilvan) len

Etymology

From Latin lignum.

Noun

lenn m

  1. (Sursilvan, Surmiran) wood
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