deen

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Noun

deen (uncountable)

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  1. (Islam) religion; religiosity; the way of life of a pious Muslim
    • 2014, CHANEL, Purple Ink Presents Savage Sisters by Chanel, iUniverse →ISBN
      Sterling was Muslim, and although he wasn't on his deen, Shanice and Shakira felt that he should have had a Janazah.
    • 2016, Skepta, Shutdown, on Konnichiwa
      You say you're Muslim, you say you're Rasta / Say you don't eat pork, don't eat pussy / Liar, you're just an actor / Blud, you're not on your deen

Translations

religion — see religion
Islam — see Islam

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

deen

  1. genitive plural of de

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

deen

  1. genitive singular of dee

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German then, den, from Proto-Germanic *þanōn, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Pronunciation

Determiner

deen m (unstressed den)

  1. the (definite article)
  2. that (demonstrative)

Usage notes

The stressed form of the definite article is used when emphasis is placed on the word ("that" as opposed to merely "the") and when it is used before an adjective.

Declension

Luxembourgish definite articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. deen (den) déi (d') dat (d') déi (d')
dat. deem (dem) där (der) deem (dem) deen (den)
gen. der

Middle English

Noun

deen

  1. Alternative form of den (“dean”)

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Etymology

From Middle English don (“to put”), from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn.

Pronunciation

Verb

deen

  1. to dress
    Synonyms: don, dieeght
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Deen theezil.
      Dress thyself.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33
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