lenn

Breton

Etymology 1

From Middle Breton leen. Cognate with Welsh llên, Cornish lenna.

Verb

lenn

1. (transitive) to read

Conjugation

Conjugation of lenn

Personal forms
	Indicative				Conditional		Imperative
	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Present	Imperfect
1s	lennan	lennen	lennis	lennin	lennfen	lennjen	-
2s	lennez	lennes	lennjout	lenni	lennfes	lennjes	lenn
3s	lenn	lenne	lennas	lenno	lennfe	lennje	lennet
1p	lennomp	lennemp	lennjomp	lennimp	lennfemp	lennjemp	lennomp
2p	lennit	lennec'h	lennjoc'h	lennot	lennfec'h	lennjec'h	lennit
3p	lennont	lennent	lennjont	lennint	lennfent	lennjent	lennent
0	lenner	lenned	lennjod	lennor	lennfed	lennjed	-
Impersonal forms					Mutated forms
Infinitive		lenn			Soft mutation after a		a lenn-
Present participle		lenn			Mixed mutation after e		e lenn-
Past participle		lennet (auxiliary verb: kaout)			Soft mutation after ne/na		ne/na lenn-

Etymology 2

From Middle Breton lenn, from Old Breton lin, from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”). Cognate with Welsh llyn, Cornish lynn, Irish linn, Gaulish lindon.

Noun

lenn f (lennoù or lenneier)

1. lake

Etymology 3

From Old Breton lenn. Cognate with Welsh llen, Cornish len, Gaulish linna.

Noun

lenn f (lennoù)

1. cover

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Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of le (“down”) +‎ -n (case suffix), lengthening the final -n. First attested in 1821.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛnː]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: lenn

Adverb

lenn (comparative lejjebb)

1. down

   Synonym: lent

Usage notes

Never declined. Some suffixes can be attached to its synonym, lent, e.g. lentről, lenti.

Derived terms

• idelenn
• odalenn

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) lain
• (Sutsilvan) len

Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

lenn m

1. (Sursilvan, Surmiran) wood