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English
Etymology
Corruption of the word dumb.
Adjective
dym (not comparable)
- (Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) dumb, stupid
Phrase
dym
- (Internet slang) Initialism of dig your message.
- (Internet slang) Initialism of do you mind.
- (Internet slang) Initialism of do/did you mean.
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dym
- smoke
Declension
References
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dym”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dym”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɘm/
- Rhymes: -ɘm
- Syllabification: dym
Noun
dym m inan (diminutive dymek)
- smoke
- (colloquial, singular only) stir, commotion
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zamieszanie
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- dym in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dym in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
dym m (Cyrillic spelling дyм)
- Obsolete spelling of dim.
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak dym, from Proto-Slavic *dymъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
dym m inan (related adjective dymový, diminutive dymček)
- smoke
Declension
Declension of
dym (pattern
dub)
Further reading
- “dym”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dỳmъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɨm/
- Rhymes: -ɨm
- Hyphenation: dym
- Syllabification: dym
Noun
dym m inan (related adjective dymowy)
- smoke (thick smoke, large portion of smoke)
Declension
Declension of dym (masculine hard stem)
References