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Translingual

Symbol

min

  1. (mathematics) minimum function
  2. (metrology) minute in International System of Units
  3. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

min (plural mins)

  1. Abbreviation of minute.
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of minute.
    Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!

Etymology 2

From Middle English min, from Old English min (less; small, mean), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (less), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (small, little). Cognate with Scots min (less, lesser), West Frisian min (small, bad), Dutch min (less, small), Low German minn (small, low, lean), German minder (less), Icelandic minna (less), Latin minus (less).

Alternative forms

Adjective

min

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) less
    • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)
      The more and the minne
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle English min, minne, partly from Old English myne (mind, intent, desire, love), from Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (mind, memory); and also from Old Norse minni (memory), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (memory, remembrance); both from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think). Related to Icelandic minni (memory), German Minne (love).

Noun

min (plural mins)

  1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
    • 1875, Joshiah Gilbet Holland, Sevenoaks:
      [] and faith I've done that same and found me min; []

Etymology 4

From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (to bring to mind), from minni (memory). See above.

Verb

min (third-person singular simple present mins, present participle minning, simple past and past participle minned)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to bring to the mind of; remind
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to remember
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to mention

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

Noun

min (plural mins)

  1. Abbreviation of minimum.
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of minimum.
    Antonym: max
    He's gotta be at least 60, min!
Derived terms
Translations

Anagrams

Arigidi

Pronoun

min

  1. me, first person singular pronoun, as object

References

  • B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin minō, collateral form of minor. Compare Romanian mâna, mân.

Verb

min (third-person singular present indicative minã, past participle minatã)

  1. to move

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronoun

min

  1. me (as the object of a preposition)

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic мин
Abjad مین
Azerbaijani numbers (edit)
 ←  1  ←  100 1,000
    Cardinal: min
    Ordinal: mininci

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (thousand). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰃𐰭 (bïŋ), 𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ), Old Uyghur 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷 (mïŋ, thousand), Turkish bin (thousand), Bashkir мең (meñ, thousand), etc.

Pronunciation

Numeral

min

  1. thousand

Declension

Declension of min
singular plural
nominative min
minlər
definite accusative mini
minləri
dative minə
minlərə
locative mində
minlərdə
ablative mindən
minlərdən
definite genitive minin
minlərin
Possessive forms of min
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) minim minlərim
sənin (your) minin minlərin
onun (his/her/its) mini minləri
bizim (our) minimiz minlərimiz
sizin (your) mininiz minləriniz
onların (their) mini or minləri minləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) minimi minlərimi
sənin (your) minini minlərini
onun (his/her/its) minini minlərini
bizim (our) minimizi minlərimizi
sizin (your) mininizi minlərinizi
onların (their) minini or minlərini minlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) minimə minlərimə
sənin (your) mininə minlərinə
onun (his/her/its) mininə minlərinə
bizim (our) minimizə minlərimizə
sizin (your) mininizə minlərinizə
onların (their) mininə or minlərinə minlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) minimdə minlərimdə
sənin (your) minində minlərində
onun (his/her/its) minində minlərində
bizim (our) minimizdə minlərimizdə
sizin (your) mininizdə minlərinizdə
onların (their) minində or minlərində minlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) minimdən minlərimdən
sənin (your) minindən minlərindən
onun (his/her/its) minindən minlərindən
bizim (our) minimizdən minlərimizdən
sizin (your) mininizdən minlərinizdən
onların (their) minindən or minlərindən minlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) minimin minlərimin
sənin (your) mininin minlərinin
onun (his/her/its) mininin minlərinin
bizim (our) minimizin minlərimizin
sizin (your) mininizin minlərinizin
onların (their) mininin or minlərinin minlərinin

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *biN.[1]

Adjective

min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)

  1. spicy, hot, bitter
  2. painful
  3. intimate
  4. (chiefly Northern) strong, intense
Declension
Declension of min (adjective, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive min mina minak
ergative minek minak minek
dative mini minari minei
genitive minen minaren minen
comitative minekin minarekin minekin
causative minengatik minarengatik minengatik
benefactive minentzat minarentzat minentzat
instrumental minez minaz minez
inessive anim minengan minarengan minengan
inan minetan minean minetan
locative anim
inan minetako mineko minetako
allative anim minengana minarengana minengana
inan minetara minera minetara
terminative anim minenganaino minarenganaino minenganaino
inan minetaraino mineraino minetaraino
directive anim minenganantz minarenganantz minenganantz
inan minetarantz minerantz minetarantz
destinative anim minenganako minarenganako minenganako
inan minetarako minerako minetarako
ablative anim minengandik minarengandik minengandik
inan minetatik minetik minetatik
partitive minik
prolative mintzat

Noun

min inan

  1. pain
  2. suffering
  3. nostalgia, longing
  4. desire, wish
Declension
Declension of min (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive min mina minak
ergative minek minak minek
dative mini minari minei
genitive minen minaren minen
comitative minekin minarekin minekin
causative minengatik minarengatik minengatik
benefactive minentzat minarentzat minentzat
instrumental minez minaz minez
inessive minetan minean minetan
locative minetako mineko minetako
allative minetara minera minetara
terminative minetaraino mineraino minetaraino
directive minetarantz minerantz minetarantz
destinative minetarako minerako minetarako
ablative minetatik minetik minetatik
partitive minik
prolative mintzat
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *bini.

Noun

min inan

  1. (Biscayan) Alternative form of mihi (tongue)

References

  1. ^ min” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

  • min”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • min”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English minus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːi̯⁵⁵/, /maːi̯n⁵⁵/

Suffix

min

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, university slang) minus (in an academic grade)
    A minA-

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

min f (singulative minen)

  1. kids (young goats)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

min (accusative , plural )

  1. defect, fault

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (my), genitive of *ek (I).

Pronunciation

Adjective

min

  1. Abbreviation of minimal.
    Alternative form: min.

Noun

min

  1. Abbreviation of minut.
  2. Abbreviation of minimum.
    Alternative form: min.

Pronoun

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

  1. mine 1.st person singular possessive pronoun
  2. my 1.st person singular possessive adjective

See also

Domari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْ (min).

Pronunciation

Preposition

min

  1. from

References

  • Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.

Preposition

min

  1. minus
    Synonym: minus
Descendants
  • Papiamentu: men

Adjective

min

  1. (obsolete) comparative degree of weinig; less, fewer
Derived terms

Adjective

min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

  1. few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
  2. opprobrious, unpleasant
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch min, minne, from Old Dutch minna, from Proto-West Germanic ; compare Old Frisian minne, Old Saxon minnia, Old High German minna (German Minne).

Noun

min f (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) love
    Synonym: liefde
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

  1. wetnurse
  2. maid, especially a nursemaid
Descendants

Etymology 4

A contraction of mannin (woman).

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

  1. woman
Derived terms

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

min

  1. inflection of minnen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse með, with a change from ð > n.

Preposition

min

  1. with

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person singular pronoun mi + accusative/objective case ending -n

Pronunciation

Pronoun

min

  1. accusative of mi
    Li batis min!He hit me!
  2. myself
    Mi vidas min.I see myself.

See also

Finnish

Noun

min

  1. Abbreviation of minuutti.

Anagrams

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin meum. Doublet of mon (possessive determiner).

Pronoun

min (feminine singular mina, masculine plural mins, feminine plural mines) (ORB, broad)

  1. mine (first-person singular possessor)

See also

References

  • mien in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • min in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Fula

Etymology 1

Pronoun

min

  1. 1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me
Usage notes

Dialectal variants

  • miin (Pulaar, Fouta-toro, Adamawa, Liptaako, Maasina)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

min

  1. (Adamawa) first person plural exclusive;short form we, us
Usage notes
See also

Dialectal variants

References

Galician

Pronoun

min

  1. oblique of eu

Guayabero

Noun

min

  1. water

References

  • Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary (1992), page 48; also ASJP (min); contrast Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 149, which has minta

Hungarian

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt
kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá c
ter. -ig meddig eddig addig c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként c
e-m. -ul / -ül c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Etymology

mi (what) +‎ -n

Pronunciation

Pronoun

min

  1. superessive singular of mi
    Min dolgozol?What are you working on?

Ido

Pronunciation

Adverb

min

  1. less
    Antonym: plu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

borrowed from Dutch min, from Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.[1]

Adjective

min

  1. apocopic form of minus

Etymology 2

borrowed from Dutch munt, from Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.[1]

Noun

min (plural min-min)

  1. mint (any plant in the family Lamiaceae)
  2. mint (the flavouring of the plant)
  3. mint (a green colour, like that of mint)
    min:  
  4. mint (mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi-. Compare Finnish mitä ... sen.

Pronunciation

Adverb

min

  1. (+ sen) Establishes a correlation between multiple comparatives in a sentence; the ...
    Min enemmän siä sööt, sen suuremp siä oot.The more you eat, the bigger you are.
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Min alemmaal ono päivyt maan päält, sen pitemp on kupahain, a min hää ono ylempään, sen lyhemp ono kupahain.
      The lower the sun is along the earth, the longer is the shadow, and the higher it is, the shorter is the shadow.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 310

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish men, min (flour, meal; fine powder, dust).

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine)

  1. meal
  2. powdered matter
Declension
Declension of min (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative min
vocative a mhin
genitive mine
dative min
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an mhin
genitive na mine
dative leis an min
don mhin
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

min

  1. inflection of mion:
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of min
radical lenition eclipsis
min mhin not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

min

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みん

Kwanka

Noun

min

  1. water

Further reading

Latvian

Verb

min

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of minēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of minēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of minēt

Verb

min

  1. inflection of mīt:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of mīt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of mīt

Livonian

Pronoun

min

  1. genitive/dative singular of minā

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German min (myn).

Pronoun

min

  1. my (mine)
    • 1772, De Platt-Dütsche; een Geschrywe, dat dee Hooch-Dütschen eene Wochenschrift heeten, page 319:
      Iß't (dacht he) mynes Vaaders Ernst: so kann ick, up de lezt, doch noch doohn, wat ick will. Iß't syn Spaas: so süht he doch, datt ick em gehorsaam bin.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Neuter Singular Plural of all Genders
Nominative min mine
min'
min
min mine
min
Genitive mines (uncommon) mines (uncommon)
Dative minen miner (less common)
mine
min
minen
min
mine
min
Accusative minen mine
min'
min
min mine
min'
min

See also

Maia

Noun

min

  1. comb

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مَن (man), dialectal Arabic مِين (mīn).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

min

  1. (interrogative) who

Derived terms

Mandarin

Romanization

min

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mín.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of mǐn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Cantonese  / (min6).

Noun

min

  1. noodle

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch min, from Proto-Germanic *minniz.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

min

  1. less
    Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

Adverb

min

  1. less, to a smaller degree
    Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English mīn (my, mine), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (my, mine, pron.) (genitive of *ek (I)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (my; mine).

Pronunciation

Determiner

min (nominative I)

  1. First-person singular genitive determiner: my

Usage notes

min is usually used before a vowel and h-, while mi is usually used before a consonant other than h-, much as with Modern English an/a.

Descendants

  • English: mine (determiner)
  • Scots: mine (determiner)

Pronoun

min (nominative I)

  1. First-person singular possessive pronoun: mine, of me

Descendants

  • English: mine (pronoun)
  • Scots: mine (pronoun)

See also

References

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Determiner

mîn

  1. my, mine

Descendants

North Frisian

Determiner

min

  1. (Sylt) my (first-person singular possessive determiner)
  2. (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) feminine/neuter/plural of man (my)

Pronoun

min (plural (Sylt) minen)

  1. (Sylt) mine (first-person singular possessive pronoun)
  2. (Föhr-Amrum) feminine/neuter of man (mine)
  3. (Mooring) feminine/neuter/plural of man (mine)

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
personal possessive
subject case object case masculine referent feminine / neuter referent plural referent
full reduced full reduced attributive independent
singular 1st ik 'k mi man min minen
2nd di dan din dinen
3rd m hi 'r ham 'n san sin sinen
f or n hat at, 't at, 't
plural 1st wi 'f üs üüs üüsen
üsens
2nd jam 'm jam jau jauen
jamens
3rd jo 's jo 's hör hören
hörens
  • The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. is deleted altogether in such contexts.
  • At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
  • Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine  / hör.
  • Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
  • The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.
Personal and possessive pronouns (Mooring dialect)
personal possessive
subject case object case masculine
referent
feminine / neuter / plural
referent
full reduced full reduced
singular 1st ik 'k me man min
2nd de dan din
3rd m hi 'r ham 'n san sin
f 's har 's harn har
n hat et, 't ham et, 't san sin
plural 1st we üs üüsen üüs
2nd jam 'm jam jarnge
3rd ja 's ja, jam 's jare

The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. is deleted altogether in such contexts.
Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
Dual forms wat / unk and jat / junk are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.

Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)
personal possessive
subject case object case singular
referent
plural referent
full reduced full reduced attributive independent
singular 1st ik 'k mi min minen
2nd di din dinen
3rd m hi 'r höm 'n sin sinen
f 's höör 's höör höören
n hat et, 't höm et, 't sin sinen
dual 1st wat unk unk unken
2nd at junk junk junken
3rd jat jam 's jaar jaaren
plural 1st üüs üüs üüsen
2nd i juu juu juuen
3rd ja 's jam 's jaar jaaren
  • The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. is deleted altogether in such contexts.
  • Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
  • The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.
  • Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

min

  1. I
  2. me
  3. my, mine

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmiːn/

Pronoun

mīn

  1. accusative/genitive of mii (we)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse minn.

Pronunciation

Determiner

min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

  1. my, mine

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse minn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Akin to English mine.

Pronunciation

Determiner

min (masculine min, feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

  1. my, mine
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

min

  1. imperative of mina

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • mīn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Cognate with Old Frisian mīn, Old Saxon mīn (Dutch mijn), Old High German mīn (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins).

Pronunciation

Determiner

mīn

  1. my
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:
      Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…
      I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle English: min

Pronoun

mīn

  1. genitive of : mine, of me

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *minniz (small), from Proto-Indo-European *min- (small). Akin to Old High German minniro (smaller) (German minder), Old Norse minni (smaller) (Icelandic minni, minnr), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, younger), 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, young), Latin minor (smaller).

Pronunciation

Adjective

min

  1. small
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Cognate with Old English mīn, Old Saxon mīn (Dutch mijn), Old High German mīn (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins).

Determiner

mīn

  1. my

Declension

Descendants

  • North Frisian: man
  • Saterland Frisian: min, mien
  • West Frisian: myn

Pronoun

mīn

  1. genitive of ik: mine, of me

Declension

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, whence also Old English mīn, Old Norse mínn.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine
Inflection
Old High German personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Singular First ih
(ihha, ihcha)
mīn mir mih
Second dīn dir dih
Third Masculine er (her) (sīn) imu, imo inan, in
Feminine siu; , si ira (iru, iro) iru, iro sia
Neuter iz es, is imu, imo iz
Plural First wir unsēr uns unsih
Second ir iuwēr iu iuwih
Third Masculine sie iro im, in sie
Feminine sio iro im, in sio
Neuter siu iro im, in siu
Polite form Second   ir iuwēr iu iuwih
Descendants

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

min

  1. less

References

  1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: mīn
    • German Low German: mien

See also

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

Pronoun

mīn

  1. my

Declension

Picard

Pronoun

min m

  1. my

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: min

Noun

min f

  1. genitive plural of mina

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: min

Noun

min m (invariable)

  1. Abbreviation of minuto.
    1. Used to indicate time in relation to an hour on a 24-hour clock.
      O evento é hoje, às 20h30minThe event is today at 8:30 p.m.
    2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.
      O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45sThe athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds

Usage notes

  • This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number (in its most common usage, a number between 00 and 59 to indicate the minutes of an hour).
  • This abbreviation is often preceded by a number followed by h, used to represent hours.
  • The abbreviation can be followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
    • Example: 20h43min08s

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn. Cognates include West Frisian myn and German mein.

Pronunciation

Determiner

min (feminine mien, neuter mien, plural mien, predicative minnen)

  1. my, mine

See also

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “min”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish men, min (flour, meal; fine powder, dust), from Proto-Celtic *min-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tew-oh₂, see also Ancient Greek ματέω (matéō).[1] However, compare μάσσω (mássō).

Pronunciation

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

  1. flour
    Synonym: flùr

Usage notes

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of min
radical lenition
min mhin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “min”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From Cantonese  / (min6).

Noun

min

  1. noodle

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Sumerian

Romanization

min

  1. Romanization of 𒈫 (min)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From minut.

Noun

min

  1. min; minute

Etymology 2

From minimum.

Noun

min

  1. min; minimum

Etymology 3

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

Pronoun

min c (neuter singular mitt, plural mina)

  1. my
  2. mine
Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person nominative oblique possessive
common neuter plural
singular first jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Miene.

Noun

min c

  1. a facial expression
    Synonym: ansiktsuttryck
Declension
Derived terms
See also

References

Anagrams

Tatar

Pronoun

min

  1. I

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (berry).

Pronunciation

Noun

min inan (plural mina)

  1. berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

Derived terms

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “min”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

min (綿, )

  1. (archaic, literary) I; me

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier con) min

  1. (dialectal) gaur

Welsh

Etymology

According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *maknā, *meknos, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (bag, bellows, belly), see also English maw.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

min m (plural minion)

  1. point, sharp edge
    Synonyms: ymyl, awch
  2. edge, border, brim
    Synonyms: ymyl, ochr, byl
  3. lip
    Synonym: gwefus

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of min
radical soft nasal aspirate
min fin unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 197