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aren

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aren"

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English aren, from Old English earon, earun, present plural indicative of Old English bēon (“to be”). Equivalent to are +‎ -en. More at are.

Verb

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aren

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) first-person plural simple present of be
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) second-person plural simple present of be
    • 2007, Theresa Kishkan, Phantom Limb, page 154:
      “Ye're not Irish, aren ye?” “No, we're from Canada.”
  3. (obsolete or dialectal) third-person plural simple present of be

Chungli Ao

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Verb

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aren

  1. to increase in number

Inflection

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Inflection of aren (Chungli)
Affirmative Negative
Past Simple aren maren
Perfect renogo merenogo
Present Simple arener marener
Progressive rendar
rendagi		 merendar
merendagi
Future/infinitive arentsü marentsü
Imperative renang taren
Present participle rena mereni
Conditional renra
renrabang		 merenra
merenrabang

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 131

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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aren m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) arene

Declension

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Declension of aren (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative aren areny
genitive arenu arenů
dative arenu arenům
accusative aren areny
vocative arene areny
locative arenu arenech
instrumental arenem areny

Danish

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Noun

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aren c

  1. definite singular of ar

Dutch

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Noun

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aren

  1. plural of aar
  2. plural of are

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦫꦺꦤ꧀ (arèn), from Old Javanese haryan, aryan (“areca palm”).

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Noun

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aren (Jawi spelling ارين, plural aren-aren or aren2)

  1. sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
    Synonyms: enau, kabung

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Affixed terms and other derivations

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *arun?
Old English earon
Middle English aren

    From Old English earon, earun, aron, alternative present plural of wesan (“to be”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *arun, an innovated third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”). See the etymology of English are.

    Alternative forms

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈaːrən/, /ˈarən/

    Verb

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    aren

    1. plural present indicative of been
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    The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South; sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.

    Descendants
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    • English: are
    • Scots: are

    Etymology 2

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    Verb

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    aren

    1. (Ormulum) alternative form of oren

    Northern Kurdish

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃ln.

    Noun

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    aren f

    1. (anatomy) elbow

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    Spanish

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    Verb

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    aren

    1. inflection of arar:
      1. third-person plural present subjunctive
      2. third-person plural imperative

    Swedish

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    Noun

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    aren

    1. definite plural of ar

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    Welsh

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle Welsh arenn, from Proto-Celtic *ārū. Cognate with Old Irish áru and perhaps more distantly with Hittite [Term?] (/⁠ḫaḫri-⁠/), Latin rēn, and Tocharian A āriñc (“heart”).[1]

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    Noun

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    aren f (plural arennau)

    1. kidney
      Synonym: (North Wales, of an animal or as food) elwlen

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    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of aren
    radical soft nasal h-prothesis
    aren unchanged unchanged haren

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

    References

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    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*āron-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42

    Further reading

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    • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “kidney”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
    • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “aren”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “aren”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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