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Old English · noun

decan

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈde.kɑn/
Syllables
ˈde · kɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
deechdaubmonkssmearchargeten

decan1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. one in charge of ten monks

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of decan
SingularPlural
Nominative decandecanas
Accusative decandecanas
Genitive decanesdecana
Dative decanedecanum

decan2 · verb

Senses

  1. to smear, daub

Conjugation

Conjugation of decan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular dēċedēcte
2nd singular dēċestdēcstdēctest
3rd singular dēċeþdēcþdēcte
Plural dēċaþdēcton
Subjunctive
Singular dēċedēcte
Plural dēċendēcten
Non-finite forms of decan
Form
Infinitive dēċan
Inflected infinitive dēċenne
Imperative singular dēċ
Imperative plural dēċaþ
Present participle dēċende
Past participle dēċedġedēċed

All forms (23)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dekan.

From Proto-West Germanic *dōkijan.

Descendants

deech, ditch

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