Meanings
present singular third person pertains · participle present pertaining · participle past pertained · past pertained
- intransitiveTo apply; to be or remain in place; to continue to be applicable.
An explanation offered is that every Sabbath Va'ani Tefilati is said in praise of the people of Israel, who, though they eat and drink, read the Torah and pray. However, on Yom Kippur this does not pertain.
1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 340Synonyms: apply
- To be appropriate or suitable.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo belong to or be connected as a part, adjunct, attribute, or accessory.
verbTo apply; to be or remain in place; to continue to be applicable.
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Origin
- Latinpertineō, pertinēre
- Old Frenchpartenir
- Middle Englishpertenen
- Englishpertain
From Middle English pertenen, from Old French partenir, pertenir (modern French appartenir), in turn from Latin pertineō, pertinēre.
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Bulgarian принадлежа́, спадам към
- принадлежа́ (prinadležá)to belong
- спадам към (spadam kăm)to belong
- отнасям се (otnasjam se)to relate
Catalan pertànyer
- pertànyerto belong
Chinese Mandarin 属于, 从属
- 属于 (shǔyú)to belong
- 从属 (cóngshǔ)to belong
- 有关 (yǒuguān)to relate
Czech náležet
- náležetto belong
Dutch behoren, betreffen
- behorento belong
- betreffento relate
Finnish kuulua, liittyä
- kuuluato belong
- liittyäto relate
French appartenir
- appartenirto belong
German gehören, verbunden
- gehörento belong
- verbundento belong
- betreffento relate
- sich beziehen aufto relate
Greek αναφέρομαι
- αναφέρομαι (anaféromai)to relate
Hungarian tartozik, vonatkozik
- tartozikto belong
- vonatkozikto relate
Italian riguardare, pertenere
- riguardareto belong
- pertenereto belong
- attenereto belong
- spettareto belong
- riferirsito relate
- riguardareto relate
Japanese 関する, 関係する
- 関する (kan-suru)to relate
- 関係する (kankei-suru)to relate
Norwegian gjelde
- gjeldeto relate
Polish należeć, odnosić impf się
- należećto belong
- odnosić impf sięto relate
- nawiązywaćto relate
- dotyczyćto relate
- tyczyćto relate
Portuguese pertencer, referir-se a
- pertencerto belong
- referir-se ato relate
Russian принадлежа́ть, относи́ться
- принадлежа́ть (prinadležátʹ)to belong
- относи́ться (otnosítʹsja)to relate
Scottish Gaelic buin
- buinto belong
Slovak prináleží, patrí
- prináležíto belong
- patríto relate
- prislúchato relate
- súvisíto relate
Spanish pertenecer, competer
- pertenecerto belong
- competerto relate
- incumbirto relate
- atañerto relate
Swedish gälla, höra till
- gällato belong
- höra tillto belong
- tillhörato belong
- angåto relate
- beträffato relate
Turkish âit olmak, ilgili olmak
- âit olmakto belong
- ilgili olmakto belong
- mahsus olmakto belong
- uygun olmakto relate
- uymakto relate
Ukrainian нале́жати, відно́ситися
- нале́жати (naléžaty)to belong
- відно́ситися (vidnósytysja)to relate
- стосува́тися (stosuvátysja)to relate
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pertain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertain
“pertain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertain. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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