dym

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English

Etymology

Corruption of the word dumb.

Adjective

dym (not comparable)

  1. (Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) dumb, stupid

Phrase

dym

  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of dig your message.
  2. (Internet slang) Initialism of do you mind.
  3. (Internet slang) Initialism of do/did you mean.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dym

  1. smoke

Declension

Declension of dym
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dym dyma dymy
Genitive dyma dymowu dymow
Dative dymoju dymoma dymam
Accusative dym dyma dymy
Instrumental dymom dymoma dymami
Locative dymje dymoma dymach

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

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɘm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘm
  • Syllabification: dym

Noun

dym m inan (diminutive dymek)

  1. smoke
  2. (colloquial, singular only) stir, commotion
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zamieszanie

Declension

Declension of dym
singular plural
nominative dym dymy
genitive dymu dymów
dative dymowi dymom
accusative dym dymy
instrumental dymem dymami
locative dymie dymach
vocative dymie dymy

Derived terms

adjectives
adverb
phrase

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)

  1. Obsolete spelling of dim.

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak dym, from Proto-Slavic *dymъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

dym m inan (genitive singular dymu, nominative plural dymy, genitive plural dymov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. smoke

Declension

Declension of dym
singular plural
nominative dym dymy
genitive dymu dymov
dative dymu dymom
accusative dym dymy
locative dyme dymoch
instrumental dymom dymami

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, 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)

  1. smoke (thick smoke, large portion of smoke)

Declension

Declension of dym (masculine hard stem)
singular dual plural
nominative dym dymaj dymy
genitive dyma dymow dymow
dative dymej dymomaj dymam
accusative dym dymaj dymy
instrumental dymom dymomaj dymami
locative dymu, dymje dymomaj dymach
vocative dymo, dymje dymaj dymy

References

  • “dym” in Soblex
Wikious
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