wean

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), from Proto-West Germanic *wannjan, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to make wont; accustom”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for; wish; love”). Cognate with Dutch wennen, German gewöhnen, Danish vænne, Swedish vänja, Icelandic venja. Related via PIE to wone, wont, and wonder, and perhaps win. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwɪi̯n] Rhymes: -iːn Hyphenation: wean Homophone: ween ==== Verb ==== wean (third-person singular simple present weans, present participle weaning, simple past and past participle weaned) (transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder. (by extension, chiefly passive voice, often followed by on) To habituate (someone) to something, especially since childhood. (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition. (transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated. (intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend. (transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Scots wean (literally “wee one”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwiː(ə)n/, /ˈweɪ(ə)n/, [weːn] ==== Noun ==== wean (plural weans) (Scotland, Mid-Ulster, others) A young child. === Anagrams === Ewan, Newa, anew, wane == Bavarian == === Alternative forms === wearn, wern (spelling variants) === Etymology === From Middle High German wërden, from Old High German werdan, from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną. Cognates include German werden, Dutch worden, obsolete English worth, Swedish varda, Norwegian Nynorsk verta, and also Latin vertere (“to turn”). The use as a passive auxiliary is old and found throughout West Germanic, whereas the use as a future auxiliary is a Middle High German innovation. It originated in inchoative constructions with the present participle: er wirt lachende (“he starts laughing, is about to laugh, will laugh”). Since the 14th century, the participle was increasingly replaced with the infinitive, probably by analogy with the older Middle High German future auxiliaries wullīn (“will”) (Bavarian woin, wolln, wuin) and schole, schulen, sollen (“shall”) (Bavarian soin, solln). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈve̞ɐ̯n/ === Verb === wean (past participle wuan) (auxiliary, with an infinitive) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense I wea da jetz wås sågn: ... ― I'll tell you something now: ... Mia wean kan Richter brauchn. ― We won't need a judge. (auxiliary, with the past participle) to be done; forms the passive voice Des Buach wead gråd glesn. (present tense) ― The book is being read. Des Buach is glesn wuan. (perfect tense) ― The book has been read. (copulative) to become; to get; to grow; to turn Iatz wead's hoaßer. ― It's getting hotter. Sie is a Polizistin wuan. ― She became a police officer. I wia deppert! ― I'm going mad! (literally, “I'm becoming mad.”) (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) Usage: In this sense wean is conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. Mia wead schlecht vo der Sauce tartare. ― Tartare sauce makes me sick. (literally, “I become sick from tartare sauce.”) Es wiad eam scho speibert. ― He's beginning to feel nauseated. (copulative) to be going to work So wird des nix. ― It will not work like that. ==== Usage notes ==== In some regions of East Central Bavaria, including Vienna, the subjunctive wiad is rather uncommon and suppleted with dadad, the subjunctive of tuan/doan. ==== Conjugation ==== == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wæ͜ɑːn/ Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːn === Noun === wēan m inflection of wēa: accusative/genitive/dative singular nominative/accusative plural == Scots == === Etymology === wee +‎ ane === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [wen], [ˈwɪən] === Noun === wean (plural weans) (West Central Scots, Ulster) child ==== Derived terms ==== weanish === References === “wean, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.