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• bénne (Sette Comuni)

From Middle High German wenne, wanne, from Old High German hwenne, hwanne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, from *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“when”). Cognate with German wenn, wann, English when. Doublet of ben (conjunction), from the same Middle High German source.

benn

1. (Luserna) when
   Benn rifta dar bus? ― When does the bus arrive?

• “benn” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

East Central German

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A contraction of be dan.

benn

1. (Erzgebirgisch)
   benn Elektrischn
   at the eletric

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22

Lexicalization of bel (a variant of bél) +‎ -n (case suffix). The -ln combination later assimilated to -nn.[1]

• IPA(key): [ˈbɛnː]
• Hyphenation: benn
• Rhymes: -ɛnː

benn (comparative beljebb, superlative legbeljebb)

1. inside
   Synonym: bent
   Antonyms: kinn, kint

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with benn-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see benn-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

• bennszülött

• idebenn

• odabenn

• -ban / -ben

• -ba / -be

• be → be-

• bel-

• bele (belé, beléje)

• -beli (-béli)

• beljebb (bellebb)

• bellebbez (beljebbez)

• belőle

• belső (benső)

• belül (belől, bévül)

• benne

• bennünket, -eteket

• bent (benn)

• bél (and archaic bel)

• -ból / -ből

1. ^ benn in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

• benn in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• benn in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

From Proto-Brythonic *benn, from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Latin benna), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).

benn f

1. cart, wagon

• Welsh: ben (“cart”)

Mutated forms of benn

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

benn

1. soft mutation of penn (“head”)

• ben

From Proto-Germanic *banjō (“wound”). Cognate with Old Saxon beni (“wound”), Old Norse ben (“wound”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰 (banja, “wound”).

• IPA(key): /benn/, [ben]

benn f

1. a wound; mortal injury
   • Ne ðær ænig com blod of benne ― no blood came from the wound.
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:
     Þonne bēoð þȳ hefiġran · heortan benne,
     sāre æfter swǣsne. · Sorg bið ġenīwad,
     Then heart's wounds are heavier,
     painful after beloved. Sorrow is renewed

Strong _ō_-stem:

• feorhbenn (“mortal injury”)
• siexbenn (“sword-injury”)
• bennian
• bana
• bend

From Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”).[1]

• IPA(key): /ˈbʲen̪/

benn f (genitive beinne or beinde, nominative plural benna or benda)

1. peak
2. pinnacle
3. mountain
4. point
5. prong
6. horn
   Synonyms: adarc, congna

Feminine ā-stem

| | singular | dual | plural | | | ----------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | nominative | bennL | beinnL | bennaH | | vocative | bennL | beinnL | bennaH | | accusative | beinnN | beinnL | bennaH | | genitive | beinneH | bennL | bennN | | dative | beinnL | bennaib | bennaib |

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• H = triggers aspiration

• L = triggers lenition

• N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: beann, binn

• Manx: beinn

• Scottish Gaelic: beann, beinn

• ⇒ Middle Irish: bennán

Mutation of benn

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

1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bando-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Wolof cardinal numbers

• IPA(key): /bɛnː/

benn

1. one