"tekn" meaning in All languages combined

See tekn on Wiktionary

Noun [Faroese]

IPA: [ˈtʰɛkn]
Etymology: From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną. Cognate with English token. Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|teikn}} Old Norse teikn, {{inh|fo|gem-pro|*taikną}} Proto-Germanic *taikną, {{cog|en|token}} English token Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|genitive singular|tekns|||||plural|tekn|||||cat2=|cat3=|g=n|head=}} tekn n (genitive singular tekns, plural tekn), {{fo-noun|n|tekns|tekn}} tekn n (genitive singular tekns, plural tekn) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-n3|tekn}} Forms: tekns [genitive, singular], tekn [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], tekn [indefinite, nominative, singular], teknið [definite, nominative, singular], tekn [indefinite, nominative, plural], teknini [definite, nominative, plural], tekn [accusative, indefinite, singular], teknið [accusative, definite, singular], tekn [accusative, indefinite, plural], teknini [accusative, definite, plural], tekni [dative, indefinite, singular], tekninum [dative, definite, singular], teknum [dative, indefinite, plural], teknunum [dative, definite, plural], tekns [genitive, indefinite, singular], teknsins [definite, genitive, singular], tekna [genitive, indefinite, plural], teknanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. sign Tags: neuter Synonyms (sign): ábending, bákn
    Sense id: en-tekn-fo-noun-C285XKFK Disambiguation of 'sign': 100 0 0
  2. character, letter, symbol Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-tekn-fo-noun-G2NBYf7X
  3. (grammar) punctuation mark Tags: neuter Synonyms (punctuation mark): markatekn
    Sense id: en-tekn-fo-noun-nmUILi8Z Categories (other): Grammar, Faroese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 17 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 83 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'punctuation mark': 0 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bókstavur [character] Related terms: tekin
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        "1": "fo",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse teikn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*taikną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *taikną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "token"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną. Cognate with English token.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tekns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-n3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekninum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "tekn",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "tekns",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "g": "n",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tekn n (genitive singular tekns, plural tekn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "tekns",
        "3": "tekn"
      },
      "expansion": "tekn n (genitive singular tekns, plural tekn)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tekn"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-n3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tekin"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-tekn-fo-noun-C285XKFK",
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        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "sign",
          "word": "ábending"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "sign",
          "word": "bákn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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        "character, letter, symbol"
      ],
      "id": "en-tekn-fo-noun-G2NBYf7X",
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        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "fo:Grammar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "punctuation mark"
      ],
      "id": "en-tekn-fo-noun-nmUILi8Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "punctuation mark",
          "punctuation mark"
        ]
      ],
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        "(grammar) punctuation mark"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 99",
          "sense": "punctuation mark",
          "word": "markatekn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtʰɛkn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "bókstavur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tekn"
}
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    "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Faroese lemmas",
    "Faroese neuter nouns",
    "Faroese nouns",
    "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną. Cognate with English token.",
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    {
      "form": "tekns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-n3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekninum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tekna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teknanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
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        "4": "tekns",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
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        "head": ""
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      "expansion": "tekn n (genitive singular tekns, plural tekn)",
      "name": "head"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "tekn"
      },
      "expansion": "tekn n (genitive singular tekns, plural tekn)",
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  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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    }
  ],
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    {
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      "links": [
        [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "character, letter, symbol"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
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        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "grammar"
        ],
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          "punctuation mark",
          "punctuation mark"
        ]
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      ],
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        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtʰɛkn]"
    }
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    {
      "sense": "sign",
      "word": "ábending"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sign",
      "word": "bákn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "bókstavur"
    },
    {
      "sense": "punctuation mark",
      "word": "markatekn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tekn"
}

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  "path": [
    "tekn"
  ],
  "section": "Faroese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "tekn",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'n3'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
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