dyn
Translingual
Icelandic
Verb
dyn (weak)
- inflection of dynja:
- first-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Middle English
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dyn c (definite singular dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynerna)
- a dune (hill of sand piled up by wind or waves)
Declension
Declension of dyn | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dyn | dynen | dyner | dynerna |
Genitive | dyns | dynens | dyners | dynernas |
Derived terms
Welsh
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh dyn, from Proto-Brythonic *dün, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɨːn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /diːn/
- Rhymes: -ɨːn
- Homophone: din (South Wales)
Alternative forms
- dŷn (obsolete)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞n
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian thīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /din/
See also
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number | Person | Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Reflexive | Determiner | Pronoun | ||||
Singular | First | ik | my | mysels | myn | mines | |
Second | Informal | do/dû1 | dy | dysels | dyn | dines | |
Formal | jo | jo | josels | jo | jowes | ||
Third | Masculine | hy | him | himsels | syn | sines | |
Feminine | sy/hja1 | har | harsels | har | harres | ||
Neuter | it | it | himsels | syn | sines | ||
Plural | First | wy | ús | ússels | ús | uzes | |
Second | jim(me) | jim(me) | jimsels/jinsels | jim(me) | jimmes | ||
Third | sy/hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | ||
1. Now mostly archaic and unused |
Further reading
- “dyn”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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