benn

See also: Benn

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• bénne (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German wenne, wanne, from Old High German hwenne, hwanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, from *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”). Cognate with German wenn, wann, English when. Doublet of ben (conjunction), from the same Middle High German source.

Adverb

benn

1. (Luserna) when

   Benn rifta dar bus? ― When does the bus arrive?

References

• “benn” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

East Central German

Etymology

A contraction of be dan.

Contraction

benn

1. (Erzgebirgisch)
   benn Elektrischn

   at the eletric

References

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of bel (a variant of bél) +‎ -n (case suffix). The -ln combination later assimilated to -nn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛnː]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: benn
• Rhymes: -ɛnː

Adverb

benn (comparative beljebb, superlative legbeljebb)

1. inside

   Synonym: bent

   Antonyms: kinn, kint

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with benn-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see benn-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms

Compound words

• bennszülött
• idebenn
• odabenn

Related terms

• -ban / -ben
• -ba / -be
• be → be-
• bel-
• bele (belé, beléje)
• -beli (-béli)
• beljebb (bellebb)
• bellebbez (beljebbez)
• belőle
• belső (benső)
• belül (belől, bévül)
• benne
• bennünket,  -eteket
• bent (benn)
• bél (and archaic bel)
• -ból / -ből

Further reading

• benn in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• benn in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Middle Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *benn, from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Latin benna), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).

Noun

benn f

1. cart, wagon

Descendants

• Welsh: ben (“cart”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of benn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
benn	uenn / venn	menn	unchanged

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

Etymology 2

Noun

benn

1. soft mutation of penn (“head”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• ben

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *banjō (“wound”). Cognate with Old Saxon beni (“wound”), Old Norse ben (“wound”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰 (banja, “wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benn/, [ben]

Noun

benn f

1. a wound; mortal injury
   • Ne ðær ænig com blod of benne ― no blood came from the wound.
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Þonne bēoð þȳ hefiġran · heortan benne,
     sāre æfter swǣsne. · Sorg bið ġenīwad,

     Then heart's wounds are heavier,
     painful after beloved. Sorrow is renewed

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	benn	benna, benne
accusative	benne	benna, benne
genitive	benne	benna
dative	benne	bennum

Derived terms

• feorhbenn (“mortal injury”)
• siexbenn (“sword-injury”)

Related terms

• bennian
• bana

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bend

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲen̪/

Noun

benn f (genitive beinne or beinde, nominative plural benna or benda)

1. peak
2. pinnacle
3. mountain
4. point
5. prong
6. horn

   Synonyms: adarc, congna

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bennL	beinnL	bennaH
vocative	bennL	beinnL	bennaH
accusative	beinnN	beinnL	bennaH
genitive	beinneH	bennL	bennN
dative	beinnL	bennaib	bennaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: beann, binn
• Manx: beinn
• Scottish Gaelic: beann, beinn
• → Galician: beán
• ⇒ Middle Irish: bennán

Mutation

Mutation of benn

radical	lenition	nasalization
benn	benn pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbenn

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Wolof

Wolof cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : benn     Ordinal : njëkk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnː/

• Audio:

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Numeral

benn

1. one