jenny
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPartially from generic use of the female given nameJenny(cf.Jane) and partially from informal pronunciations ofengine.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjenny(pluraljennies)
- A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also calledspinning jenny).
- Afemalecreature of certain kinds:
- Acatmill.
- Inbilliardsand similar games, a powerfulfollowshotwith plenty oftopspin.
- 1953,Samuel Beckett,Watt,1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Grove Press,published1959,→OCLC:
- Cream's potting had been extraordinary, extraordinary, I remember, said Goff. I never saw anything like it. We were watching breathless, as he set himself for a long thinjenny,with the black of all balls.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editdevice for spinning—seespinning jenny
female of donkey—seeshe-ass
Verb
editjenny(third-person singular simple presentjennies,present participlejennying,simple past and past participlejennied)
Finnish
editEtymology
editFromgenuaby association with the given name.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjenny
Declension
editInflectionofjenny(Kotustype 1/valo,no gradation) | |||
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nominative | jenny | jennyt | |
genitive | jennyn | jennyjen | |
partitive | jennyä | jennyjä | |
illative | jennyyn | jennyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jenny | jennyt | |
accusative | nom. | jenny | jennyt |
gen. | jennyn | ||
genitive | jennyn | jennyjen | |
partitive | jennyä | jennyjä | |
inessive | jennyssä | jennyissä | |
elative | jennystä | jennyistä | |
illative | jennyyn | jennyihin | |
adessive | jennyllä | jennyillä | |
ablative | jennyltä | jennyiltä | |
allative | jennylle | jennyille | |
essive | jennynä | jennyinä | |
translative | jennyksi | jennyiksi | |
abessive | jennyttä | jennyittä | |
instructive | — | jennyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Old Polish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editjenny
- Alternative form ofiny
Polish
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes:-ɛnnɘ
- Syllabification:jen‧ny
Adjective
editjenny(notcomparable,no derived adverb)
Declension
editDeclension ofjenny(hard)
singular | plural | |||||
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masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | virile (= masculine personal) | non-virile | |
nominative | jenny | jenna | jenne | jenni | jenne | |
genitive | jennego | jennej | jennego | jennych | ||
dative | jennemu | jennej | jennemu | jennym | ||
accusative | jennego | jenny | jenną | jenne | jennych | jenne |
instrumental | jennym | jenną | jennym | jennymi | ||
locative | jennym | jennej | jennym | jennych |
Further reading
edit- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “jenny”,inDzieła wszystkie: Kujawy(in Polish), page271
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