From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“men, people, human beings collectively”), From Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“human; man”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.
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parameter) softer form of fakkun (“very”)From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Compare Turkish ben (“I”).
men (plural biz, possessive adjective menim)
object | me: maña |
reflexive | myself: özüm |
possessive | mine, my: menim |
From Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą (“damage, hurt, injustice, sin”).
men or mén n or c (singular definite menet or menen, plural indefinite men, plural definite menene)
Same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).
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parameter) Rhymes: -ɛnFrom 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).
men
See the etymology of the main entry.
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men f (genitive singular menar, plural menir or menar)
Declension of men | ||||
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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 |
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men
From Old Norse men, from Proto-Germanic *manją. Compare Old English mene.
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men (Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄣ)
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From Old English man.
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parameter) Alternative form of manFrom Old English menn, plural of mann, from Proto-Germanic *manniz, plural of *mann-.
men
Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).
men
From Old Norse mein.
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men
Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).
men
From men.
men n (definite singular menet, uncountable)
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From Proto-Germanic *manją. Cognate with Old English mene.
men n (genitive mens, plural men)
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men (plural menti)
men m pl
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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From Old Norse mein, like 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”).
men n
Declension of men | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | men | menet | men | menen |
Genitive | mens | menets | mens | menens |
From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Compare Turkish ben (“I”).
men
Nominative | Accusative | Genitive | Dative | Locative | Ablative | ||
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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 |
men
From Proto-Vietic *-mɛːn.
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