penn

See also: Penn

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ̃n/

Noun

penn m (plural pennoù)

  1. head
  2. chief, leader

Inflection

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • pedn

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [pɛnː]

Noun

penn m (plural pennow)

  1. head
  2. top
  3. end

Mutation

German

Verb

penn

  1. Imperative singular of pennen.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of pennen.

Luxembourgish

Verb

penn

  1. second-person singular imperative of pennen

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish penn (“pen”), from Latin penna.

Noun

penn m (genitive singular penney, plural pennyn)

  1. pen

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
penn phenn benn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “penn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Noun

penn

  1. head
  2. chief

Mutation

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical Soft Nasal Aspirate
penn benn penn / phenn
pronounced with /m̥-/ 		phenn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural penner, definite plural pennene)

  1. a pen (writing tool)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural pennar, definite plural pennane)

  1. a pen (writing tool)

Derived terms

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