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Penna


Pen′na

(pĕn′nȧ)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pennæ
(#)
.
[L.]
(Zool.)
A perfect, or normal, feather.

Definition 2024


penna

penna

See also: pénna and pénn-a

English

Noun

penna (plural pennae)

  1. a contour feather

Anagrams


Breton

Adjective

penna

  1. main, principal

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Latin penna (feather).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

penna (plural pennák)

  1. (obsolete) pen
  2. (archaic) feather

Declension

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
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

Synonyms


Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • pénna, IPA(key): /ˈpenna/

Noun

penna f (plural penne)

  1. feather
  2. pen
  3. (in plural) penne (type of pasta)

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Anagrams


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpen.na/, [ˈpɛn.na]

Noun

penna f (genitive pennae); first declension

  1. feather, especially a flight-feather; pinion
  2. wing, fin
  3. quill pen

Usage notes

  • The two forms penna and pinna coexist in classical Latin, with the pe- spelling reflecting the phonetic evolution of the short Latin i.[1]
  • Some say the two forms penna and pinna were originally two different nouns, the former from old pesna, petna (wing) from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (to fly), the latter for pitna (a sharp point, cf. Spanish peña and Portuguese penha).

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative penna pennae
genitive pennae pennārum
dative pennae pennīs
accusative pennam pennās
ablative pennā pennīs
vocative penna pennae

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

See also

Descendants

References

  1. Octavia: A Play Attributed to Seneca. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Rolando Ferri. Cambridge University Press, 2003. p392.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

penna c

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

Declension

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

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