maen

See also: maèn, mäen, and män

Breton

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Breton men, from Old Breton main, from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?), from Proto-Celtic *maginos. Cognate with Cornish men, Welsh maen.

Noun

maen m (plural mein)

1. stone

Inflection

Mutation of maen

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	maen	vaen	unchanged	unchanged
plural	mein	vein	unchanged	unchanged

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

Derived terms

• maen-glas
• maen-hir

Dutch

Noun

maen f (plural maenen, diminutive maentje n)

1. obsolete spelling of maan

Gallo

Etymology

Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare French main,Spanish mano.

Noun

maen f (plural maens)

1. hand

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maen m

1. (eye dialect) definite singular of mann

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh maen, from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic *maginos. Compare Breton maen, Cornish men.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
• Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

Noun

maen m (plural meini)

1. stone

   Synonyms: carreg, craig

2. bakestone griddle

   Synonyms: llechfaen, gradell

Derived terms

• calchfaen
• conglfaen
• gwenithfaen
• gwyrddfaen
• ithfaen
• llechfaen (“flagstone, bakestone”)
• llosgfaen
• maen breuan
• maen coffa
• maen chwŷf
• maen gwerthfawr
• maen hogi
• maen inc
• maen melin
• maen nadd
• maen pobi
• maen prawf
• maen sebon
• maen tramgwydd
• maen y Tiboeth
• meingylch (“stone circle”)
• mynd â'r maen i'r wal
• pic ar y maen
• sylfaen
• tormaen
• tywodfaen
• Y Bont-faen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /man/, /mən/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/, /man/, /mən/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
• Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

Verb

maen

1. third-person plural present colloquial of bod

Usage notes

Only used in conjunction with the third person plural pronoun nhw. In conjunction with a plural noun, the form mae is used instead.

Synonyms

• (literary) maent

Mutation

Mutated forms of maen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maen	faen	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “stone”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “maen”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “maen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yami

Etymology

From ma- +‎ aen.

Adjective

maen

1. cold