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See also: dyn., dyń, dỳn, and dŷn

Translingual

Symbol

dyn

  1. dyne (cgs unit of force)

Dacian

Noun

dyn

  1. The edible nettle plant.

Icelandic

Verb

dyn (weak)

  1. inflection of dynja:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Middle English

Noun

dyn

  1. Alternative form of dynne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dyn n

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of døn

Verb

dyn

  1. present tense of dynja
  2. imperative of dynja

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dyn

  1. definite singular of dy

Etymology 2

Noun

dyn c (definite singular dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynerna)

  1. 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

Noun

dyn m (plural dynion)

  1. folk, folks pl
  2. man
  3. person (male or female)
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

dyn

  1. first-person plural present colloquial of bod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dyn ddyn nyn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn.

Pronunciation

Determiner

dyn

  1. your (second-person singular informal possessive determiner)

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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