cencan in All languages combined

IPA: /ˈken.t͡ʃɑn/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *kankijan, from Proto-Germanic *kankijaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kankijan}} Proto-West Germanic *kankijan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kankijaną}} Proto-Germanic *kankijaną Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=*cenċan}} *cenċan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|*cenċan<w1/ge:0/pp:*(ġe)cenċed>}} Forms: cenċan [canonical], weak [table-tags], cenċan [infinitive], cenċenne [infinitive], cenċe [first-person, present, singular], cencte [first-person, past, singular], cenċest [present, second-person, singular], cencst [present, second-person, singular], cenctest [past, second-person, singular], cenċeþ [present, singular, third-person], cencþ [present, singular, third-person], cencte [past, singular, third-person], cenċaþ [plural, present], cencton [past, plural], cenċe [present, singular], cencte [past, singular], cenċen [plural, present], cencten [past, plural], cenċ [imperative, past, present, singular], cenċaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], cenċende [imperative, present], cenċed [imperative, past], ġecenċed [imperative, past]

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "kenchen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "kynken"
    }
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kankijaną"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kankijan, from Proto-Germanic *kankijaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
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        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "weak",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cenċan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenctest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "cenċeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċe",
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecenċed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/cencan",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "canc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cancettan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ċincan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ċincing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cause to laugh"
      ],
      "id": "en-cencan-ang-verb-eIY7ElG8",
      "links": [
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
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          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to jeer, deride"
      ],
      "id": "en-cencan-ang-verb-H8KMqc~a",
      "links": [
        [
          "jeer",
          "jeer"
        ],
        [
          "deride",
          "deride"
        ]
      ],
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈken.t͡ʃɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cencan"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak heavy-stem verbs",
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English reconstructed terms",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "kenchen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "kynken"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kankijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kankijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kankijan, from Proto-Germanic *kankijaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cenċan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenctest",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cencten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenċed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecenċed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "head": "*cenċan"
      },
      "expansion": "*cenċan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*cenċan<w1/ge:0/pp:*(ġe)cenċed>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/cencan",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "canc"
    },
    {
      "word": "cancettan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ċincan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ċincing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cause to laugh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to jeer, deride"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jeer",
          "jeer"
        ],
        [
          "deride",
          "deride"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈken.t͡ʃɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cencan"
}

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"cencan" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [Old English]