See also: Penna, pénna, and pénn-a

English

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Etymology

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From Latin penna (feather). Doublet of panne.

Noun

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penna (plural pennae)

  1. a contour feather

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin pinna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpenna/
  • Rhymes: -enna
  • Syllabification: pen‧na

Noun

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penna f (plural pennas)

  1. (Belsetán) large natural rock or stone

References

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  • Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 87.
  • peña”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Breton

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Adjective

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penna

  1. main, principal

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the Latin penna (feather).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛnːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pen‧na
  • Rhymes: -nɒ

Noun

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penna (plural pennák)

  1. (archaic) quill pen, pen, quill (a feather used for writing)
    Synonyms: toll, írótoll

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative penna pennák
accusative pennát pennákat
dative pennának pennáknak
instrumental pennával pennákkal
causal-final pennáért pennákért
translative pennává pennákká
terminative pennáig pennákig
essive-formal pennaként pennákként
essive-modal
inessive pennában pennákban
superessive pennán pennákon
adessive pennánál pennáknál
illative pennába pennákba
sublative pennára pennákra
allative pennához pennákhoz
elative pennából pennákból
delative pennáról pennákról
ablative pennától pennáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pennáé pennáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pennáéi pennákéi
Possessive forms of penna
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pennám pennáim
2nd person sing. pennád pennáid
3rd person sing. pennája pennái
1st person plural pennánk pennáink
2nd person plural pennátok pennáitok
3rd person plural pennájuk pennáik

Further reading

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  • penna in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin penna and pinna, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (feather, wing).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpen.na/
  • Rhymes: -enna
  • Hyphenation: pén‧na
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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penna f (plural penne)

  1. feather
  2. pen
    Il corpo della penna è sigillato e non può essere aperto senza danneggiare l'elettronica.
    The pen body is sealed and cannot be opened without damaging the electronics.
  3. (cooking, in the plural) penne (type of pasta)
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Descendants

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  • Turkish: pena

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (feather, wing), from *peth₂- (to fly), with pinna apparently representing a dialectal variant with pre-nasal raising.

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Noun

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penna f (genitive pennae); first declension

  1. wing (of natural or supernatural creatures)
    1. (figuratively) wing as a symbol of speed
  2. feather, especially a flight-feather; pinion
  3. quill pen

Usage notes

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  • Unlike its variant pinna, is not found in the meanings "fin" or "raised part of a parapet".

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative penna pennae
Genitive pennae pennārum
Dative pennae pennīs
Accusative pennam pennās
Ablative pennā pennīs
Vocative penna pennae

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Descendants

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References

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Further reading

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  • penna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • penna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • penna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • penna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • penna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old Spanish

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Noun

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penna f (plural pennas)

  1. rock

Sassarese

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una penna – a pen

Etymology

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From Latin penna, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (feather, wing), derived from the root *peth₂- (to fly).

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penna f (plural penni)

  1. (historical) reed pen
  2. (historical) quill pen
  3. pen
    Hyponym: penna isthirogràfica
  4. (music) pick, plectrum
    Synonym: pennina

Derived terms

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References

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  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin penna.

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Noun

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penna c

  1. a contour feather, a penna
  2. a quill, a feather used for writing
  3. a pen
  4. a pencil

Declension

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Declension of penna 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative penna pennan pennor pennorna
Genitive pennas pennans pennors pennornas
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