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men

See also: Appendix:Variations of "men"

Translingual

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Symbol

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men

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mende.

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.

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A group of men sitting together.

Noun

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men

  1. plural of man
    • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.

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men pl (plural only)

  1. (collective, dated) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
    • 1776, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America:
      We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
  2. (collective, military) Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
    "Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.

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Basque

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men

  1. A command

Chuukese

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Adverb

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men

  1. softer form of fakkun (“very”)

Cornish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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men m (plural meyn)

  1. stone

Usage notes

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  • This word mutates irregularly to veyn in the plural after the definite article. It shares this behaviour with margh (“horse”) and no other word.

Mutation

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  Mutation of men  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
men ven unchanged unchanged fen ven

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Compare Turkish ben (“I”).

Pronoun

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men (plural biz, possessive adjective menim)

  1. (personal) I (first-person singular)

Inflection

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object me: maña
reflexive myself: özüm
possessive mine, my: menim

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą (“damage, hurt, injustice, sin”).

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Noun

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men or mén n or c (singular definite menet or menen, plural indefinite men, plural definite menene)

  1. injury

Etymology 2

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Same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).

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Conjunction

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men

  1. but
  2. (as a noun) but, catch, hitch, snag
    Jeg kan høre, der er et men.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch men, an unstressed variety of man (“man”). Accordingly, originally pronounced with [ə]; now predominantly with a full vowel [ɛ], especially in those areas where the word is chiefly literary. Compare German man, Middle English men (indefinite pronoun).

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men

  1. (indefinite, subject) One, you, they, everyone; humanity, (the) people, the public opinion
    Men zegt dat... ― People say that.... It is said that...
    Men weet nooit wat er gaat gebeuren. ― You never know what’s going to happen.
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  • When not used as a subject, men must be replaced with je (“you”) or sometimes ze (“them”).
  • The word as such is very common in Limburg and some other areas, where it is part of the local dialects. Elsewhere it is not downright rare but perceived as formal and predominantly replaced with je and ze even as a subject (similarly to English one).
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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men

  1. inflection of mennen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Faroese

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Etymology 1

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See møna

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Noun

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men f (genitive singular menar, plural menir or menar)

  1. (rare, Mykines) The spinal cord
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Declension of men
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative men menin menir menirnar
accusative men menina menir menirnar
dative men menini menum menunum
genitive menar menarinnar mena menanna
f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative men menin menar menarnar
Accusative men menina menar menarnar
Dative men menini menum menunum
Genitive menar menarinnar mena menanna
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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From Danish men derived from Old Norse meðan (“while”).

Conjunction

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men

  1. but

Fula

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Pronoun

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men

  1. first person plural exclusive;short form we, us

Usage notes

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Dialectal variants

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  • min (Pulaar, Adamawa, Dageeja, Fouta-toro, Liptaako, Sokoto, Zaria, Gombe)

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology 1

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From French main (“hand”).

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Noun

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men

  1. hand

Etymology 2

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From French mais (“but”).

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Conjunction

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men

  1. but

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse men, from Proto-Germanic *manją. Compare Old English mene.

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Noun

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men n (genitive singular mens, nominative plural men)

  1. necklace, especially one with a pendant

Declension

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declension of men
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative men menið men menin
accusative men menið men menin
dative meni meninu menum menunum
genitive mens mensins mena menanna

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Hyphenation: mén

Adverb

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men (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of meno

Contraction

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men

  1. (literary, archaic) Contraction of me ne.
    • 1723, Anton Maria Salvini, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎[4], Milan: Giovanni Gaetano Tartini, Santi Franchi, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, Book I, page 9:
      Men vo alle navi, appo aver fatte in guerra
      ben gravi, e dure, e faticose imprese
      I return to the ships, after grave, hard and laborious war endeavours

Japanese

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Romanization

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men

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めん

Louisiana Creole

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Etymology

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From French main (“hand”).

Noun

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men

  1. hand

Macaguán

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Noun

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men

  1. water
  2. river

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Mandarin

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men (men5／men0, Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄣ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 們／们

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men

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of mén.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of mèn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of mê̄n.

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  • 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. ㄝ (/⁠ɛ⁠/) typically only occurs in syllables with an initial glide (e.g. ㄧㄝ (-ie /⁠i̯ɛ⁠/)), where it is romanized as e. When it occurs in syllables without an initial glide, however, it is romanized as ê in order to distinguish it from ㄜ (-e /⁠ɤ⁠/). Such instances are rare, and are only found in interjections or neologisms.
  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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An unstressed variety of man.

Pronoun

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men

  1. someone
  2. one, they, you, people; impersonal pronoun.

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: men
  • Limburgish: me

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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men

  1. Alternative form of man (“one, you”)

Etymology 2

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From Old English menn, plural of mann, from Proto-Germanic *manniz, plural of *mann-.

Noun

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men

  1. plural of man (“man”)

Mòcheno

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Etymology

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An unstressed pronunciation of mònn (“man”). Compare German man, Dutch men for a similar construct.

Pronoun

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men

  1. one, you (indefinite pronoun)
    Bou mu men parkiarn? ― Where can you park?

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).

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men

  1. But, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
  2. though
  3. only
    Han er en fin kar, men han snakker litt for mye. – He is a nice guy, but he talks a bit too much.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse mein.

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Noun

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men

  1. damage; injury (also mén)
  2. permanent disability
  3. difficulty; drawback

Etymology 3

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Verb

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men

  1. imperative of mene

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).

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men

  1. but, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
  2. though
  3. only

Etymology 2

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From men.

Noun

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men n (definite singular menet, uncountable)

  1. difficulty

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *manją. Cognate with Old English mene.

Noun

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men n (genitive mens, plural men)

  1. necklace

Declension

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  Declension of men (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative men menit men menin
accusative men menit men menin
dative meni meninu menjum menjunum
genitive mens mensins menja menjanna

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Pohnpeian

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Verb

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men

  1. to want

Salar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ben.

Pronoun

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men

  1. First singular personal pronoun; I.

Declension

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declension of men
singular plural
nominative men piser
genitive miniği piserniği
dative maña pisere
definite accusative mini piserni
locative mende piserde
ablative menden piserden
instrumental {{{25}}} {{{27}}}

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Salar personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person men piser
2nd person sen seler
3rd person u ular


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  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “men”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 224
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “men”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[5], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 53
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014) “men”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎[6], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 111
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “men”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 180
  • 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎[7], China Salar Youth League, page 43


Sherbro

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men (plural menti)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) water

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  • James Frederick Schön, James Frederick Schön, Sherbro Vocabulary (1839), page 24

Spanish

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Noun

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men m pl

  1. plural of man
  2. (Peru, colloquial) dude

Sumerian

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Romanization

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men

  1. Romanization of 𒃞 (men)

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish men, from Middle Low German men, man (“but, only”), probably from Old Saxon niwan; possibly under the influence of Old Swedish men (“while, during”) (modern Swedish medan, medans, mens). Cognate with modern Low German man.

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Conjunction

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men

  1. but; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.
  2. yet, but, however
    John har bott i staden i fem år, men aldrig besökt slottet.
    John has lived in the city for five years, yet never visited the castle.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse mein, cognate with Icelandic mein, Norwegian mein, Old Saxon mēn, Old English mān; cognate with Icelandic meinn (“which causes injury”), Old English mǣne (“evil, deceptive”, adj), Lithuanian maĭnas (“change”, noun), Proto-Slavic *měna (“change”, noun); from the Proto-Indo-European root *mei- (“to switch”).

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men n

  1. a handicap, long-time remnant of a physical or mental injury, which affects a person negatively
Declension
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Declension of men 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative men menet men menen
Genitive mens menets mens menens
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Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛn/
  • Hyphenation: men

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish منع (menʾ, “a preventing, hindering, hindrance, a forbidding, prohibition”),[1][2] from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ, “prevention”), verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to hinder, to prevent, to repel”).[3]

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men (definite accusative meni, plural menler)

  1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding
    Synonym: yasaklama
  2. An act of preventing, hindering
    Synonyms: engel olma, önleme
Declension
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Inflection
Nominative men
Definite accusative meni
Singular Plural
Nominative men menler
Definite accusative meni menleri
Dative mene menlere
Locative mende menlerde
Ablative menden menlerden
Genitive menin menlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular menim menlerim
2nd singular menin menlerin
3rd singular meni menleri
1st plural menimiz menlerimiz
2nd plural meniniz menleriniz
3rd plural menleri menleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular menimi menlerimi
2nd singular menini menlerini
3rd singular menini menlerini
1st plural menimizi menlerimizi
2nd plural meninizi menlerinizi
3rd plural menlerini menlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular menime menlerime
2nd singular menine menlerine
3rd singular menine menlerine
1st plural menimize menlerimize
2nd plural meninize menlerinize
3rd plural menlerine menlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular menimde menlerimde
2nd singular meninde menlerinde
3rd singular meninde menlerinde
1st plural menimizde menlerimizde
2nd plural meninizde menlerinizde
3rd plural menlerinde menlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular menimden menlerimden
2nd singular meninden menlerinden
3rd singular meninden menlerinden
1st plural menimizden menlerimizden
2nd plural meninizden menlerinizden
3rd plural menlerinden menlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular menimin menlerimin
2nd singular meninin menlerinin
3rd singular meninin menlerinin
1st plural menimizin menlerimizin
2nd plural meninizin menlerinizin
3rd plural menlerinin menlerinin
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I, me”).[4][5]

Pronoun

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men

  1. (dialectal) I, me
    Synonym: (standard) ben

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2006
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “منع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1235
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “men”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bẹ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  5. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ben”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Turkmen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Compare Turkish ben (“I”).

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men

  1. (personal) I

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Declension of men
singular plural
nominative men biz
accusative meni bizi
genitive meniň biziň
dative maňa bize
locative mende bizde
ablative menden bizden

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Turkmen personal pronouns
Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative Ablative
singular 1st person men meni meniň maňa mende menden
2nd person sen seni seniň saňa sende senden
3rd person ol ony onuň oňa onda ondan
plural 1st person biz bizi biziň bize bizde bizden
2nd person siz sizi siziň size sizde sizden
3rd person olar olary olaryň olara olarda olardan

Uyghur

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Pronoun

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men

  1. Latin (ULY) transcription of مەن (men)

Uzbek

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Other scripts
Cyrillic мен (men)‍
Latin men‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mɛn]
  • Hyphenation: men

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men

  1. (personal) I

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Declension of men
singular plural
nominative men menlar
genitive menning menlarning
dative menga menlarga
definite accusative menni menlarni
locative menda menlarda
ablative mendan menlardan
Possessive forms of men
my singular plural
nominative menim menlarim
genitive menimning menlarimning
dative menimga menlarimga
definite accusative menimni menlarimni
locative menimda menlarimda
ablative menimdan menlarimdan
your singular plural
nominative mening menlaring
genitive meningning menlaringning
dative meningga menlaringga
definite accusative meningni menlaringni
locative meningda menlaringda
ablative meningdan menlaringdan
her/his/its singular plural
nominative meni menlari
genitive menining menlarining
dative meniga menlariga
definite accusative menini menlarini
locative menida menlarida
ablative menidan menlaridan
our singular plural
nominative menimiz menlarimiz
genitive menimizning menlarimizning
dative menimizga menlarimizga
definite accusative menimizni menlarimizni
locative menimizda menlarimizda
ablative menimizdan menlarimizdan
your singular plural
nominative meningiz menlaringiz
genitive meningizning menlaringizning
dative meningizga menlaringizga
definite accusative meningizni menlaringizni
locative meningizda menlaringizda
ablative meningizdan menlaringizdan
their singular plural
nominative meni menlari
genitive menining menlarining
dative meniga menlariga
definite accusative menini menlarini
locative menida menlarida
ablative menidan menlaridan

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Uzbek personal pronouns
Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative Ablative
singular 1st person men meni mening menga menda mendan
2nd person sen seni sening senga senda sendan
3rd person u uni uning unga unda undan
plural 1st person biz bizni bizning bizga bizda bizdan
2nd person siz sizni sizning sizga sizda sizdan
3rd person ular ularni ularning ularga ularda ulardan

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Vietic *-mɛːn.

Noun

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men • (綿, 𥽔, 𥾃)

  1. yeast
  2. (biochemistry) enzyme
  3. alcohol (in terms of its euphorigenic or intoxicating effects)
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Seems like a borrowing from a Western language at first glance but does not hold up at closer look on phonological ground. Earliest attestation I can find is in Như Tây nhựt trình (1889).”

Noun

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men

  1. enamel
  2. (ceramics) glaze

Etymology 3

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Verb

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men • (綿, 眠)

  1. to approach, to go along
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Volapük

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Etymology

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From German Mann and English man, both from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

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men

  1. man (male or female), human, human being
    • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 15:
      Blod mena at binom sudik.
      The brother of this man is deaf.

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declension of men
singular plural
nominative men mens
genitive mena menas
dative mene menes
accusative meni menis
vocative 1 o men! o mens!
predicative 2 menu menus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

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  • cil (“child”)
  • himen (“male human”)
  • jimen (“female human”)

Welsh

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Etymology

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Variant of earlier ben, from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Latin benna), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).

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men f (plural menni or mennau)

  1. (transport) cart, wagon

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
men fen unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Wutunhua

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 門／门.

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men

  1. door
    men kai-di-li.
    The door is kept open.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 182)

References

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  • Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[8], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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