dinna

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See also: Dinna and dinña

English

Pronunciation

Contraction

dinna

  1. (Scotland, Northumbria) do not

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Adjective

dinna

  1. past participle of dadāti (“to give”)
    • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:
      Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
      I observe the precept of abstaining from taking that which is not given.

Declension

Declension table of "dinna" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)dinnodinnā
Accusative (second)dinnaṃdinne
Instrumental (third)dinnenadinnehi or dinnebhi
Dative (fourth)dinnassa or dinnāya or dinnatthaṃdinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dinnasmā or dinnamhā or dinnādinnehi or dinnebhi
Genitive (sixth)dinnassadinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)dinnasmiṃ or dinnamhi or dinnedinnesu
Vocative (calling)dinnadinnā
Declension table of "dinnā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)dinnādinnāyo or dinnā
Accusative (second)dinnaṃdinnāyo or dinnā
Instrumental (third)dinnāyadinnāhi or dinnābhi
Dative (fourth)dinnāyadinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dinnāyadinnāhi or dinnābhi
Genitive (sixth)dinnāyadinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)dinnāya or dinnāyaṃdinnāsu
Vocative (calling)dinnedinnāyo or dinnā
Declension table of "dinna" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)dinnaṃdinnāni
Accusative (second)dinnaṃdinnāni
Instrumental (third)dinnenadinnehi or dinnebhi
Dative (fourth)dinnassa or dinnāya or dinnatthaṃdinnānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dinnasmā or dinnamhā or dinnādinnehi or dinnebhi
Genitive (sixth)dinnassadinnānaṃ
Locative (seventh)dinnasmiṃ or dinnamhi or dinnedinnesu
Vocative (calling)dinnadinnāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dinna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Yagara

Noun

dinna

  1. foot

References

Yogad

Adverb

dinna

  1. still

Yola

Etymology

doone +‎ na

Pronunciation

Contraction

dinna

  1. do not
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 39:
      Dinna fare a caulès.
      Don't frighten the horses.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 48:
      Dinna ishe mee a raison.
      Do not ask me the reason.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 56:
      Dinna mell wi' it.
      Don't meddle with it.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 71:
      Dinna thar a dug.
      Don't vex the dog.

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 39
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