maen - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

See also: mäen and män

1 Breton
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Inflection
2 Gallo
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Noun
3 Norwegian Nynorsk
- 3.1 Noun
4 Welsh
- 4.1 Etymology 1
  - 4.1.1 Pronunciation
  - 4.1.2 Noun
    - 4.1.2.1 Derived terms
- 4.2 Etymology 2
  - 4.2.1 Pronunciation
  - 4.2.2 Verb
    - 4.2.2.1 Synonyms
- 4.3 Mutation
- 4.4 References
5 Yami
- 5.1 Etymology
- 5.2 Adjective

Breton

Etymology

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

Noun

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maenm (plural mein)

stone

Inflection

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Mutation of maen

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	maen	vaen	unchanged	unchanged
plural	mein	vein	unchanged	unchanged

Gallo

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Etymology

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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

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maenf (plural maens)

hand

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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maenm

(eye dialect) definite singular of mann

Welsh

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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maenm (plural meini)

(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
hom*ophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

Verb

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maen

third-person plural present colloquial of bod

Synonyms

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(literary) maent

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maen	faen	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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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