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Appendix:Variations of "ren" English Etymology In standard language, a en children 1 and en brethren. In dialectal usage, from en enm -ren, enm -eren compounded plural ending, from en enm -re, enm -ere (from en ang -ru plural ending) + en enm -en (from en ang -an plural ending). Suffix en chiefly nonstandard humorous Used to form the plural of nouns en 2006 Timothy White Catch a fire: the life of Bob Marley As Ciddy and child had slept soundly under Omeriah's roof, a group of young "kidren" playing outside sang a "ring song" en 2006 Alex Wheatle Island songs Unruly kidren would fling rockstone after him. en 2008 Douglas Sarine; Kent Nichols The Ninja Handbook This exercise will help you develop the skills to tell your ninja brethren (and sistren and thingren) apart. Simply match the name of each famous ninja with his/her/its deadly eyes. Usage notes In Standard English, this suffix occurs only in en children. Some non-standard uses can be found in dialects, such as en calveren calves, en lambren lambs, etc. In en brethren and en sistren, the suffix is en -en, with the en -r- coming from the stem of the word (en brother brother, en sister sister). Derived terms en Anagrams en enr ner NER NRE ern -ern RNE ENR -ner- Ern Japanese Romanization れん Middle English Etymology 1 enm plural From enm -re plural noun plural suffix -en noun plural noun plural suffix 1. Alternative forms enm -eren -eryn -ryn Pronunciation enm /-(ə)rən/ /-ərn/ Suffix enm suffix inflectional suffixes Used to form the plural of the z-stem nouns enm calf calf (young cow), enm child, en ey egg, and enm lamb and their derivatives (besides older enm -re) enm -re Descendants en -ren not productive References -e)ren suf MED14307 Etymology 2 Suffix enm suffix 1 enm -eren