maen

From Middle Breton and Old Breton main, from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic *maginos. Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Cornish men.

maen m (plural mein)

1. stone

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maen f (plural maens)

1. hand

maen m

1. (eye dialect) definite singular of mann

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic *maginos. Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Cornish men.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
• Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

maen m (plural meini)

1. stone
2. griddle stone

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯n/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /man/, /mən/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /maːn/, /man/, /mən/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
• Homophone: main (“thin”) (South Wales)

maen

1. third-person plural present colloquial of bod

• (literary) maent

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• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “maen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

From ma- +‎ aen.

maen

1. cold