taen

taen

Galo

Noun

taen

1. cowry shell

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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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taen	thaen	dtaen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Scots

Participle

taen

1. past participle of tak

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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”).[1][2]

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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
taen	daen	nhaen	thaen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society. (1924). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 11
2. LATHAM, R. G., PRICHARD, J. C. (1857). The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations Proved by a Comparison of Their Dialects with the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic Languages: Forming a Supplement to Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind. United Kingdom: Houlston and Wright, p. 22