lena
See also: Variations of "lena"
lena - Hawaiian
Noun
lena
Synonyms
lena - Irish
Alternative forms
Particle
lena (triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)
- with which, with whom (indirect relative; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)
- an t-ord lena bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir ― the sledgehammer with which he is breaking the chair
- an bhean lena dúirt sé é ― the woman to whom he told it (literally, “the woman with whom he said it”)
Usage notes
"With which" may also be expressed with the indirect relative particle before the verb and the appropriate inflected form of le in its original position in the clause:
- an t-ord a bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir leis ― the sledgehammer that he is breaking the chair with [it]
- an bhean a dúirt sé léi é ― the woman that he told it to [her]
Contraction
lena
- Contraction of le (“with”) + a (various meanings).
- ‘with his’ (triggers lenition): lena dheartháir ― with his brother
- ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis): lena hathair ― with her father
- ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis): lena ndeartháir ― with their brother
Related terms
| Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) | |
| de (“from”) | den | de na desna* | de mo dem* | de do ded*, det* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* | do mo dom* | do do dod*, dot* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
| i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* | i do id*, it* | ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
| le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* | le do led*, let* | lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
| ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* | ó mo óm* | ó do ód*, ót* | óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
| trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
| *Dialectal. | ||||||||||
lena - Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈle.na/, /ˈlɛ.na/
- Hyphenation: lé‧na, lè‧na
Noun
lena f (plural lene)
Related terms
Anagrams
lena - Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA: /ˈleː.na/, [ˈɫ̪eːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈle.na/, [ˈlɛːnä]
Noun
lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension
- (slang) a procuress, bawd, madame, seductress, enticer
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēna | lēnae |
| Genitive | lēnae | lēnārum |
| Dative | lēnae | lēnīs |
| Accusative | lēnam | lēnās |
| Ablative | lēnā | lēnīs |
| Vocative | lēna | lēnae |
lena - Malagasy
Adjective
lena
lena - Swedish
Adjective
lena
- absolute singular definite and plural form of len.
Noun
lena