"kenna" meaning in Icelandic

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Verb

IPA: /ˈcʰɛnːa/ Forms: kenndi [indicative, past, singular, third-person], kennt [supine]
Rhymes: -ɛnːa Etymology: From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną. Etymology templates: {{root|is|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{inh|is|non|kenna}} Old Norse kenna, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*kannijaną}} Proto-Germanic *kannijaną Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|kenndi||{{{22}}}|supine|kennt||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} kenna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kenndi, supine kennt)
  1. to teach, to tutor Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-kenna-is-verb-BWTl6y1m Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 10 23 22
  2. to instruct Tags: weak Synonyms (to instruct): leiðbeina
    Sense id: en-kenna-is-verb-y4QJHT6t Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 10 23 22 Disambiguation of 'to instruct': 15 81 1 0 2
  3. (dated) to ascribe Tags: dated, weak Synonyms (to ascribe): eigna
    Sense id: en-kenna-is-verb-QDKEScVF Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 10 23 22 Disambiguation of 'to ascribe': 2 2 95 0 2
  4. (archaic, poetic) to know a person Tags: archaic, poetic, weak Synonyms (to know): þekkja
    Sense id: en-kenna-is-verb-lZFbkysK Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 10 23 22 Disambiguation of 'to know': 0 0 0 100 0
  5. to feel Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-kenna-is-verb-5zVn5wus Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 28 16 10 23 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kenna um (english: to blame), kenna við (english: to be named after), árinni kennir illur ræðari, kenndur, kenning, kennsla, kennari

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to blame",
      "word": "kenna um"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to be named after",
      "word": "kenna við"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "árinni kennir illur ræðari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kenndur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kenning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kennsla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kennari"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵneh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kenna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kenna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kannijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kannijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kenndi",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kennt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "kennt",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{33}}}",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "weak verb",
        "4": "",
        "5": "third-person singular past indicative",
        "6": "kenndi",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{22}}}",
        "9": "supine",
        "cat2": "weak verbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kenna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kenndi, supine kennt)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 16 10 23 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.",
          "ref": "Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)",
          "text": "Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to teach, to tutor"
      ],
      "id": "en-kenna-is-verb-BWTl6y1m",
      "links": [
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "tutor",
          "tutor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 16 10 23 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to instruct"
      ],
      "id": "en-kenna-is-verb-y4QJHT6t",
      "links": [
        [
          "instruct",
          "instruct"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "15 81 1 0 2",
          "sense": "to instruct",
          "word": "leiðbeina"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 16 10 23 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ascribe"
      ],
      "id": "en-kenna-is-verb-QDKEScVF",
      "links": [
        [
          "ascribe",
          "ascribe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) to ascribe"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 95 0 2",
          "sense": "to ascribe",
          "word": "eigna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 16 10 23 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know a person"
      ],
      "id": "en-kenna-is-verb-lZFbkysK",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, poetic) to know a person"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "to know",
          "word": "þekkja"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "poetic",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 16 10 23 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to feel"
      ],
      "id": "en-kenna-is-verb-5zVn5wus",
      "links": [
        [
          "feel",
          "feel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcʰɛnːa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnːa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kenna"
}
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    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃-",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Icelandic verbs",
    "Icelandic weak verbs",
    "Most used Icelandic verbs",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛnːa",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛnːa/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to blame",
      "word": "kenna um"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be named after",
      "word": "kenna við"
    },
    {
      "word": "árinni kennir illur ræðari"
    },
    {
      "word": "kenndur"
    },
    {
      "word": "kenning"
    },
    {
      "word": "kennsla"
    },
    {
      "word": "kennari"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵneh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kenna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kenna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kannijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kannijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kenndi",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kennt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "kennt",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{33}}}",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "weak verb",
        "4": "",
        "5": "third-person singular past indicative",
        "6": "kenndi",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{22}}}",
        "9": "supine",
        "cat2": "weak verbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kenna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kenndi, supine kennt)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.",
          "ref": "Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)",
          "text": "Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to teach, to tutor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "tutor",
          "tutor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to instruct"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "instruct",
          "instruct"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ascribe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ascribe",
          "ascribe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) to ascribe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic poetic terms",
        "Icelandic terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know a person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, poetic) to know a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "poetic",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to feel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feel",
          "feel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcʰɛnːa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnːa"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to instruct",
      "word": "leiðbeina"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to ascribe",
      "word": "eigna"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to know",
      "word": "þekkja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kenna"
}

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