Old English · noun
hwelcnes
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxwelk.nes/[ˈʍeɫk.nes]
- Syllables
- ˈxwelk · nes (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- quality
Meaning
-
quality
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hwelcnes | hwelcnessahwelcnesse |
| Accusative | hwelcnesse | hwelcnessahwelcnesse |
| Genitive | hwelcnesse | hwelcnessa |
| Dative | hwelcnesse | hwelcnessum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hwalīkanassī. Equivalent to hwelċ + -nes, literally "what-kind-ness". Perhaps originally a calque of Latin quālitās, which is formed in the same way.
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