lena

See also: Lena, leña, lēnā, lēna, and Léňa

Irish

Alternative forms

• le n-a (superseded)

Etymology

Fusion of le (“with”) with various meanings of a. The -n- is analogical to prepositions like i.

Particle

lena (triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)

1. with which, with whom (indirect relative; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)

   an t-ord lena bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir ― the sledgehammer with which he is breaking the chair

   an bhean lena dúirt sé é ― the woman to whom he told it (literally, “the woman with whom he said it”)

Usage notes

"With which" may also be expressed with the indirect relative particle before the verb and the appropriate inflected form of le in its original position in the clause:

• an t-ord a bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir leis ― the sledgehammer that he is breaking the chair with [it]
• an bhean a dúirt sé léi é ― the woman that he told it to [her]

Contraction

lena

1. Contraction of le (“with”) + a (various meanings).

   ‘with his’ (triggers lenition): lena dheartháir ― with his brother

   ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis): lena hathair ― with her father

   ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis: lena ndeartháir ― with their brother

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lena”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Italian

Noun

lena f (plural lene)

1. force, energy, vigour

   Synonyms: forza, vigore

2. breath

   Synonym: respiro

Related terms

• allenare
• di buona lena
• senza tregua

 

Anagrams

• lane

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Latin

Etymology

Feminization of lēnō (“pimp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.na/, [ˈɫ̪eːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.na/, [ˈlɛːnä]

Noun

lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension

1. (slang) procuress, madame

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēna	lēnae
Genitive	lēnae	lēnārum
Dative	lēnae	lēnīs
Accusative	lēnam	lēnās
Ablative	lēnā	lēnīs
Vocative	lēna	lēnae

Noun

(deprecated template usage) lēnā

1. ablative singular of lēna

References

• “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a gentle, subdued voice: vox lenis, suppressa, summissa
    

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lena

1. (deprecated template usage) inflection of len:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• Elna, alen