jenny
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Partially from generic use of the female given name Jenny (cf. Jane) and partially from informal pronunciations of engine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛni/
Audio (General Australian): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛni
- Hyphenation: jen‧ny
Noun
jenny (plural jennies)
- A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
- A female creature of certain kinds:
- A catmill.
- In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →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 thin jenny, with the black of all balls.
Derived terms
Translations
device for spinning — see spinning jenny
female of donkey — see she-ass
Verb
jenny (third-person singular simple present jennies, present participle jennying, simple past and past participle jennied)
Finnish
Etymology
From genua by association with the given name.
Pronunciation
Noun
jenny
Declension
Inflection of jenny (Kotus type 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
Pronunciation
Adjective
jenny
- Alternative form of iny
Polish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnnɘ
- Syllabification: jen‧ny
Adjective
jenny (not comparable, no derived adverb)
Declension
Declension of jenny (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
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “jenny”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
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