Old English · adjective
þan
Normalised þān
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /θɑːn/
- Syllables
- θɑːn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- moisttheanthoanthonethoney
Meaning
-
moist
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | þān | þān | þān |
| Accusative | þānne | þāne | þān |
| Genitive | þānes | þānre | þānes |
| Dative | þānum | þānre | þānum |
| Instrumental | þāne | þānre | þāne |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | þāne | þānaþāne | þān |
| Accusative | þāne | þānaþāne | þān |
| Genitive | þānra | þānra | þānra |
| Dative | þānum | þānum | þānum |
| Instrumental | þānum | þānum | þānum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | þāna | þāne | þāne |
| Accusative | þānan | þānan | þāne |
| Genitive | þānan | þānan | þānan |
| Dative | þānan | þānan | þānan |
| Instrumental | þānan | þānan | þānan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | þānan | þānan | þānan |
| Accusative | þānan | þānan | þānan |
| Genitive | þānraþānena | þānraþānena | þānraþānena |
| Dative | þānum | þānum | þānum |
| Instrumental | þānum | þānum | þānum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þain, from Proto-Germanic *þainaz (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”).
Descendants
thean, thoan, thone, thoney
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