# penn
## Breton

Picture dictionary :
penn
klopenn
empenn
lagad
fri
genoù
groñj
boc'h
skouarn
ividig
gouzoug :

### Etymology

From Middle Breton penn, from Old Breton penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛnː/

### Noun

penn m (plural pennoù)
* head
* chief, leader

#### Inflection
## Cornish

Picture dictionary :
penn
klopen
ympynnyon
tal
lagas
abrans
tron
ganow
gweus
elgeth
gen
bogh
skovarn
er
konna :

### Alternative forms

* pedn

### Etymology

From Middle Cornish pen, from Old Cornish pen, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [pɛnː]

### Noun

penn m (plural pennow)
* head
* top, summit
* end

#### Derived terms

* dres penn ha diwskovarn (“head over heels”)
* drog penn (“headache”)
* kyns penn (“within”)
* penn a-rag (“bow (of a ship)”)
* penn an fordh (“destination”)
* penn bobba (“idiot”)
* penn du (“blackhead, tadpole”)
* penn glin (“kneecap”)
* penn gwynn (“penguin”)
* penn hyns (“terminal”)
* penn kales (“stubborn, obstinate”)
* penn koog (“empty-headed, vacuous”)
* penn medhow (“drunkard”)
* penn pali (“blue tit”)
* penn pyst (“idiot”)
* penn rudh (“redhead”)
* penn sagh (“mumps”)
* penn tir (“headland”)
* penn war (“superior to”)
* penn ys (“head of corn”)
* penn- (“main, top, premier”)
* penn-aghel (“geographical pole”)
* penn-bloodh (“anniversary, birthday”)
* penn-dro (“dizziness, giddiness, nausea, vertigo”, noun)
* penn-dro (“dizzy, giddy, nauseous”, adjective)
* penn-drog (“wicked”)
* penn-seythen (“weekend”)
* penn-sogh (“hare-brained”)
* penncita (“capital city”)
* penndhyskador m (“headmaster, headteacher, principal”)
* penndhyskadores f (“headmistress, headteacher, principal”)
* penndoll (“dolphin, grampus whale, porpoise”)
* penndomereth (“hot-headedness”)
* penndomm (“hot-head”)
* penndroppya (“to nod”, verb)
* penneghlek (“polar”)
* penneglos (“cathedral”)
* pennek (“big-headed”)
* pennfenten (“source”)
* pennfros (“muzzle”)
* pennhembrenkyas (“general (army)”)
* pennkuntelles (“summit (meeting)”)
* pennlinen (“headline, heading”)
* pennlugarn (“headlight”)
* pennobereth (“masterpiece”)
* pennplas (“headquarters”)
* pennpusorn (“refrain”)
* pennrewl (“premise”)
* pennrewlys (“basics”)
* Pennroweth (“premiership”)
* Pennrynn Gwer (“Cape Verde”)
* Pennsans (“Penzance”)
* pennser (“architect”)
* pennseviges (“princess”)
* pennsevik (“prince”)
* pennskav (“dizzy”)
* pennskol (“university”)
* pennskrifa (“to edit”, verb)
* pennti (“small farmhouse”)
* pennvagas (“anemone”)
* pennvenyster (“premier, prime minister”)
* pennwari (“final”)
* toll an penn (“poll tax”)
* yn kettep penn (“individually”)

### Mutation
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

penn
* singular imperative of pennen
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of pennen

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French peindre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛ̃n/

### Verb

penn
* to paint

#### Related terms

* pent
* penti
* pentire

### Further reading

* Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

## Luxembourgish
### Verb

penn
* second-person singular imperative of pennen

## Manx
### Etymology

From Old Irish penn (“pen”), from Latin penna.

### Noun

penn m (genitive singular penney, plural pennyn)
* pen

#### Derived terms

* penn leoaie m (“pencil”, literally “lead pen”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “penn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Middle Welsh
### Etymology

From Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pen/

### Noun

penn
* head
* chief

#### Derived terms

* ympenn

#### Descendants

* Welsh: pen

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural penner, definite plural pennene)
* a pen (writing tool)

#### Derived terms

* fjærpenn
* fyllepenn
* kulepenn
* loddepenn
* pennen er mektigere enn sverdet
* pennesplitt
* pennestrøk
* splittpenn
* svipenn
* tusjpenn

### References

* “penn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “penn_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

penn m (definite singular pennen, indefinite plural pennar, definite plural pennane)
* a pen (writing tool)

#### Derived terms

* pennesplitt
* pennestrøk
* tusjpenn

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (“pin, bolt, nail, tack”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to pinn (“peg, pin”).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /penn/, [pen]

### Noun

penn m
* pen, enclosure, fold