taen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "taen"

Ahtna

Stem

taen

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	tae (singular animate lies)
Momentaneous		tae (singular animate lies)
Distributive		tae (singular animate lies)
Reversitative		tae (singular animate lies)

Galo

Noun

taen

1. cowry shell

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English theyn, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”).

Noun

taen m (genitive singular taein, nominative plural taein)

1. (historical) thane

Declension

Declension of taen (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative taen taein vocative a thaein a thaena genitive taein taen dative taen taein forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an taen na taein genitive an taein na dtaen dative leis an taen don taen leis na taein

Mutation

Mutated forms of taen

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taen	thaen	dtaen

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

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, 2013–2025