leen

Noun

leen c

1. definite singular of le

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːn/

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• Hyphenation: leen
• Rhymes: -eːn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch leen, from Old Dutch *lēn, from Proto-Germanic *laihną.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Anagrams

• lene

Noun

leen

1. genitive singular of lee

Verb

leen

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːn/

Adverb

leen

1. alone

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Etymology

From Old Norse lœna.

Noun

leen

1. A piece of grassy land in a moor or by a river, a meadow, freq. of a pasture of natural grass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleen/ [ˈle.ẽn]
• Rhymes: -een
• Syllabification: le‧en

Verb

leen

1. third-person plural present indicative of leer

Pronoun

leen

1. you (second-person plural object pronoun)
2. them (third-person plural object pronoun)

Etymology

From Middle English lyne, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːn/
• Homophone: llean

Noun

leen

1. line

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 52