tenant
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From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).
tenant (plural tenants)
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tenant (third-person singular simple present tenants, present participle tenanting, simple past and past participle tenanted)
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Possibly just a modification of tenet, but note obsolete tenent (“tenet”).
tenant
From English tenant, borrowed from Anglo-Norman tenaunt, from Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”). Doublet of tener and tinidor.
tenant
Present participle of tenir. From Old French tenant; corresponding to Latin tenentem.
tenant m (plural tenants)
tenant
From the verb tenir (“to hold; to possess”); corresponding to Latin tenens, tenentem.
tenant oblique singular, m (oblique plural tenanz or tenantz, nominative singular tenanz or tenantz, nominative plural tenant)
tenant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tenant or tenante)
tenant
tenant m (plural tenantiaid)
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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