dhen

Albanian

Alternative forms

• dhên, dhênd — Gheg
• dhën — Tosk

Etymology

Plurale tantum; from the Gheg variant dhênd, from Proto-Albanian *dzenti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”). Compare Latin gens, English kin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðɛn/

Noun

dhen f pl (definite plural dhentë)

1. small livestock, caprids (sheep, goats)
2. flock or herd of caprids

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• dhenar
• dhenor
• dhenrritës
• dhentë

Further reading

• “dhen”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

Cornish

Noun

dhen

1. soft mutation of den

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan.

Root

dhen

1. to intend

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	dhenh	dhin'	dhiɬ	dhin'
Neuter (Toklat-Bearpaw)	lenh	lin'	liɬ	lin'
Transitional	—	dhit	—	—

Derived terms

• tsoyenidhenh (“he/she is smiling”)
• yenidhenh (“he/she intends”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 145-147

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝɛn/, /jɛn/

Contraction

dhen

1. contraction of dhe +‎ an, literally “from/off the (singular)”

Swedish

Etymology

The dh represents a voiced dental fricative, the same as in English that. Compare then, another obsolete spelling of the same word.

Pronoun

dhen c

1. obsolete spelling of den

Article

dhen c (definite)

1. obsolete spelling of den

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دهن (dhan).

Verb

dhen (verbal noun adhan, Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵀⴻⵏ)

1. (transitive) to butter, to oil, to lubricate, to apply lotion
2. (transitive, figuratively) to beat

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• (verbal noun) adhan
• ddhen (“butter”)
• dduhnet (“ointment, remedy”)
• tadehhant (“jar for ointment”)

Yola

Yola cardinal numbers

<  9	10
Cardinal : dhen

Etymology

From Middle English ten, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun. Cognates include English ten and Scots ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ɛn/

Numeral

dhen

1. ten
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 21:

     Dhen aager.

     Ten-acres.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

     Aar was Parick o Dearmoth, an dhen score besidh,

     There was Patrick o Deormod, and ten score beside,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 34