taen

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English thane, thein, theign, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *teke- (“to give birth”).

Noun

taen m (genitive singular taein, nominative plural taein)

1. (historical) thane

Declension

Declension of taen

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative taen taein Vocative a thaein a thaena Genitive taein taen Dative taen taein

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an taen na taein Genitive an taein na dtaen Dative leis an taen don taen leis na taein

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taen	thaen	dtaen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taen”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taen”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “taen”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scots

Participle

taen

1. past participle of tak

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːɨ̯n/
• IPA^(key): /tai̯n/

Etymology 1

Noun

taen m (plural taenion)

1. spreading, dispersion

Derived terms

• ar daen (“spread, spread out”)
• taenell (“sprinkle”)
• taenlen (“spreadsheet”)
• taenu (“to spread”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of bod (“to be”).

Verb

taen

1. (colloquial) first/third-person plural conditional of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)

   (pe) taen ni hapus ― if we were happy

   (pe) taen nhw hapus ― if they were happy

   Synonyms: baen, tasen

Mutation

Mutated forms of taen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
taen	daen	nhaen	thaen

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