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pen.

head

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɛn/

  1. head

    masculine

  2. chief

    masculine

  3. top, apex

    masculine

  4. end, extremity

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

adj/pɛn/

  1. head, chief

  2. supreme, principal

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

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