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English
Etymology
From Middle English minde, münde, ȝemünde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt (“mind, memory”), Danish minde (“memory”), Swedish minne (“memory”), Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (munds, “memory, mind”), Latin mēns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Doublet of mantra. Related to Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.
Pronunciation
Noun
mind (countable and uncountable, plural minds)
- The capability for rational thought.
Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.
1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: ”, in The Rocke of Regard, , London: for Robert Waley, →OCLC; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, , →OCLC, page 291:And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:“ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- The ability to be aware of things.
There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.
- The ability to remember things.
My mind just went blank.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
He was one of history’s greatest minds.
2022 November 16, Christian Wolmar, “Can Merriman use his rail knowledge to make a difference?”, in RAIL, number 970, page 45:That's far from the promised land set out in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, that the railways would have a guiding mind that would be in control of the industry's finances. Businesses have what is called a profit and loss account, showing both revenue and costs, but the current situation means that the two sides of the system are in different hands - and neither is (as yet) in the hands of a 'guiding mind'.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
He changed his mind after hearing the speech.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
She had a mind to go to Paris.
I am of a mind to listen.
c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 64, lines 94–99:I fortuned to come in,
Thys rebell to behold,
Whereof I hym controld;
But he sayde that he wolde
Agaynst my mynde and wyll
In my church hawke styll.
1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:Although Miss Pross, through her long association with a French family, might have known as much of their language as of her own, if she had had a mind, she had no mind in that direction […] So her manner of marketing was to plump a noun-substantive at the head of a shopkeeper without any introduction in the nature of an article […]
- A healthy mental state.
I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do hereby […]
You are losing your mind.
- (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
The nature of the mind is a major topic in philosophy.
1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations:Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
1854, Samuel Knaggs, Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility for Criminal Acts, page 19:The mind is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
a month's [or monthly] mind; a year's mind
- (uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.
1849, Eliza Cook, Eliza Cook’s Journal,p.119, volume 1:They are the “tars” who give mind to the spreading sail, and their bold courage is the pabulum which will preserve our sea-girt isle in its vernal green to furthest posterity.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:Then he, having mind of Beelzebub, the god of flies, fled without a halt homewards; but, falling in the coo's loan, broke two ribs and a collar bone, the whilk misfortune was much blessed to his soul.
2014, Jolie O'Dell, Blogging for Photographers, page 66:If you get a “trolling” comment, delete it, do not respond to it, and move forward immediately without paying any further mind.
Synonyms
- (ability for rational thought): brain(s), head, intellect, intelligence, nous, psyche, reason, wit; See also Thesaurus:intelligence
- (ability to be aware of things): awareness, consciousness, sentience; See also Thesaurus:awareness
- (ability to remember things): memory, recollection; See also Thesaurus:recollection
- (ability to focus the thoughts): attention, concentration, focus
- (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities): genius, intellectual, thinker; See also Thesaurus:genius
- (judgment, opinion, or view): judgment, judgement, idea, opinion, view; See also Thesaurus:judgement
- (desire, inclination, or intention): desire, disposition, idea, inclination, intention, mood; See also Thesaurus:desire or Thesaurus:intention
- (healthy mental state): sanity; See also Thesaurus:sanity
- (process of): cognition, learning
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
ability for rational thought
- Ainu: ケウトゥㇺ (kewtum), ラㇺ (ram), ラマ (rama), ラマッ (ramat), ラム (ramu)
- Albanian: mendje (sq) f
- Amharic: አዕምሮ (ʾäʿməro)
- Arabic: عَقْل (ar) m (ʕaql), ذِهْن m (ḏihn), خَلَد m (ḵalad)
- Egyptian Arabic: عقل m (ʕaʔl)
- Hijazi Arabic: عَقِل m (ʕagil)
- Armenian: բանականություն (hy) (banakanutʻyun), խելք (hy) (xelkʻ)
- Old Armenian: միտ (mit)
- Aromanian: minte
- Assamese: মন (mon)
- Asturian: mente f
- Azerbaijani: ağıl (az), fikir (az), zehin
- Bashkir: аҡыл (aqıl)
- Basque: adimen, buru (eu), gogo, sen (eu)
- Belarusian: ро́зум m (rózum)
- Bengali: মন (bn) (mon), চিন্তা (bn) (cinta)
- Breton: poell (br) m
- Bulgarian: ум (bg) m (um), ра́зум (bg) m (rázum), ми́съл (bg) f (mísǎl), а́къл (bg) m (ákǎl)
- Burmese: စိတ် (my) (cit)
- Carpathian Rusyn: ро́зум m (rózum)
- Catalan: ment (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᎣᏓᏅᏛ (odanvdv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 智力 (zh) (zhìlì), 悟性 (zh) (wùxìng), 精神 (zh) (jīngshén), 心智 (zh) (xīnzhì)
- Chiricahua: -́nii
- Chukchi: кувчемгъон (kuvčemgʺon)
- Coptic: ⲙⲉⲩⲓ m (meui)
- Czech: mysl (cs) f, rozum (cs)
- Danish: sind n, sjæl (da) c; indstilling (da) c
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: verstand (nl), geest (nl), psyche (nl), denkvermogen (nl), rede (nl) c
- Esperanto: menso
- Estonian: mõistus
- Finnish: mieli (fi), järki (fi), ymmärrys (fi), pää (fi)
- French: esprit (fr) m, raison (fr) f, intelligence (fr) f
- Friulian: ment f
- Galician: mente (gl) f
- Georgian: ჭკუა (č̣ḳua), გონება (goneba)
- German: Verstand (de) m, Geist (de) m, Sinn (de) m
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 m (hugs), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹 f (fraþi), 𐌰𐌷𐌰 m (aha)
- Greek: νους (el) m (nous), διάνοια (el) f (diánoia), μυαλό (el) n (myaló)
- Ancient: νοῦς m (noûs), φρήν f (phrḗn)
- Guaraní: anãngua, apytu'ũ
- Gujarati: મન (gu) (man)
- Hawaiian: manaʻo, waihona, noʻonoʻa, naʻau
- Hebrew: רוּחַ (he) f (rúakh), מוֹח / מֹחַ (he) m (móakh), שׂכל (he) m (sekhel)
- Higaonon: hunahuna
- Hindi: मन (hi) m (man), दिल (hi) m (dil)
- Hungarian: értelem (hu), elme (hu)
- Icelandic: hugur (is) m
- Ido: mento (io)
- Igbo: uchè (ig)
- Ingrian: meeli
- Irish: intinn (ga) f, meabhair f
- Middle Irish: menma m
- Old Irish: menmae m
- Italian: mente (it) f
- Japanese: 心 (ja) (こころ, kokoro), 精神 (ja) (せいしん, seishin), 知性 (ja) (ちせい, chisei)
- Javanese: please add this translation if you can
- Jicarilla: -́nii
- Kazakh: ақыл (kk) (aqyl)
- Khmer: សតិ (km) (saʼteʼ)
- Korean: 마음 (ko) (ma'eum), 심성(心性) (ko) (simseong)
- Kumyk: гьакъыл (haqıl)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: hiş (ku) m, aqil (ku) m
- Kyrgyz: акыл (ky) (akıl)
- Lao: ດວງຈິດ (dūang chit), ຈິດ (chit)
- Latgalian: pruots m
- Latin: mens f, animus (la) m
- Latvian: prāts (lv) m
- Lithuanian: protas m
- Luxembourgish: Verstand m, Geescht m
- Macedonian: ум m (um), разум m (razum)
- Malay: akal (ms)
- Malayalam: മനസ് (ml) (manasŭ)
- Maltese: għaqal m
- Maori: ihomatua
- Marathi: मन n (man)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: ухаан (mn) (uxaan), оюун (mn) (ojuun)
- Nanai: мурун (murun)
- Navajo: bíniʼ
- Ngazidja Comorian: âkili class 9
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: forstand (no) m, intellekt n
- Occitan: esperit (oc) m, ment (oc) m
- Odia: please add this translation if you can
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: оумъ m (umŭ), разоумъ m (razumŭ)
- Old East Slavic: розумъ m (rozumŭ)
- Old English: mōd n
- Old Norse: hugur m
- Pali: sati f
- Pashto: ذهن (ps) m (zehn), عقل (ps) m (áqəl)
- Persian: ذهن (fa) (zehn), عقل (fa) ('aql)
- Middle Persian: mānag
- Pitjantjatjara: kata
- Polish: rozum (pl) m inan, umysł (pl) m inan, um (pl)
- Portuguese: mente (pt) f
- Romagnol: mént m
- Romanian: minte (ro) f
- Russian: ум (ru) m (um), ра́зум (ru) m (rázum), рассу́док (ru) m (rassúdok), интелле́кт (ru) m (intellékt)
- Sanskrit: मनस् (sa) n (manas), चित् (sa) f (cit)
- Sardinian: mente, menti
- Scottish Gaelic: aire f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: у̑м m, ра̏зӯм m
- Roman: ȗm (sh) m, rȁzūm (sh) m
- Shor: ағыл (ağıl)
- Slovak: myseľ f, rozum m, myslenie n
- Slovene: um m, razum m
- Spanish: mente (es) f
- Swedish: förstånd (sv) n, intellekt (sv) c, psyke (sv) n
- Tajik: ақл (tg) (aql)
- Tatar: зиһен (tt) (zihen), акыл (tt) (aqıl)
- Telugu: మనసు (te) (manasu), దిమాక్ (dimāk)
- Thai: จิตใจ (th) (jìt-jai), จิต (th) (jìt)
- Tibetan: སེམས (sems)
- Tocharian B: palsko
- Turkish: akıl (tr), zihin (tr), us (tr)
- Turkmen: akyl (tk)
- Ukrainian: ро́зум (uk) m (rózum), ум m (um), інтеле́кт (uk) m (intelékt)
- Urdu: عقل (ur) ('aql)
- Uyghur: ئەقىل (ug) (eqil), زېھىن (zëhin)
- Uzbek: aql (uz), fikr (uz), zehn (uz), ong (uz)
- Vietnamese: tinh thần (vi), lòng (vi), tâm trí (vi)
- Volapük: please add this translation if you can
- Walloon: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: meddwl (cy) m
- Western Apache: -́niʼ
- Yucatec Maya: tuukul
- Zulu: ingqondo
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ability to be aware of things
ability to remember things
ability to focus the thoughts
somebody that embodies certain mental qualities
judgment, opinion, or view
- Azerbaijani: fikir (az), rəy (az)
- Bashkir: фекер (feker), ҡараш (qaraş)
- Bulgarian: мне́ние (bg) n (mnénie)
- Finnish: mieli (fi), mielipide (fi), näkemys (fi)
- German: Meinung (de) f, Ansicht (de) f
- Greek: κρίση (el) f (krísi), γνώμη (el) f (gnómi), άποψη (el) f (ápopsi)
- Ingrian: meeli
- Khmer: គំនិត (km) (kumnɨt)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: innstilling m
- Portuguese: mentalidade f, opinião (pt) f
- Romanian: judecată (ro)
- Russian: мне́ние (ru) n (mnénije), взгляд (ru) m (vzgljad), то́чка зре́ния (ru) f (tóčka zrénija)
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: opinión (es) f, juicio (es) m
- Swedish: inställning (sv) c, mening (sv) c, tanke (sv) c, åsikt (sv) c, önskan (sv) c
- Telugu: జడ్జి (te) (jaḍji), అభిప్రయము (abhiprayamu), అభిప్రాయము (te) (abhiprāyamu), తీర్పు (te) (tīrpu)
- Ukrainian: ду́мка (uk) f (dúmka), по́гляд (uk) m (póhljad), то́чка зо́ру (uk) f (tóčka zóru)
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desire, inclination, or intention
- Azerbaijani: fikir (az)
- Bashkir: күңел (küñel)
- Bulgarian: жела́ние (bg) n (želánie), намере́ние (bg) n (namerénie)
- Finnish: mieli (fi), tahto (fi), halu (fi)
- German: Verlangen (de) n, Lust (de) f
- Greek: χαρακτήρας (el) m (charaktíras), ιδιοσυγκρασία (el) f (idiosygkrasía)
- Ingrian: meeli
- Khmer: គំនិត (km) (kumnɨt)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hensikt (no) m, intensjon (no) m
- Portuguese: vontade (pt) f
- Russian: мне́ние (ru) n (mnénije), жела́ние (ru) n (želánije), наме́рение (ru) n (namérenije)
- Spanish: mente (es) f, propósito (es) m, voluntad (es) f
- Swedish: avsikt (sv) n, böjelse (sv) c, håg (sv) c, lust (sv) c
- Telugu: కోరిక (te) (kōrika)
- Ukrainian: бажа́ння (uk) n (bažánnja), на́мір (uk) m (námir)
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philosophy: non-material substance
Translations to be checked
Verb
mind (third-person singular simple present minds, present participle minding, simple past and past participle minded)
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- (now regional) To remember.
- (obsolete or dialectal) To remind; put one's mind on.
1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Farewell, kind lord; fight valiantly to-day: / And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, / For thou art framed of the firm truth of valour.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Let me be punished, that have minded you Of what you should forget.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, The Sacred Theory of the Earth
- I desire to mind those persons of what Saint Austin hath said.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; , London: Iohn Williams , →OCLC:He minded them of the mutability of all earthly things.
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Here comes a spirit of his, and to torment me / For bringing wood in slowly. I'll fall flat; / Perchance he will not mind me.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- 1907 E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, V :
- It's the worst thing that can ever happen to you in all your life, and you've got to mind it—you've got to mind it. They'll come saying, 'Bear up—trust to time.' No, no; they're wrong. Mind it.
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
Mind you don't knock that glass over.
- (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
You should mind your own business.
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Spectator, No. 383 (May 20, 1710:
- Upon my coming down, I found all the Children of the Family got about my old Friend, and my Landlady herself, who is a notable prating Gossip, engaged in a Conference with him; being mightily pleased with his stroaking her little Boy upon the Head, and bidding him be a good Child and mind his Book.
2000, George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam, published 2011, page 84:Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to mind you.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
Would you mind my bag for me?
- To be careful about.
2005, Gillie Bolton, Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development, →ISBN, page xv:Bank Underground Station, London, is built on a curve, leaving a potentially dangerous gap between platform and carriage to trap the unwary. The loudspeaker voice instructs passengers to "Mind the gap": the boundary between train and platform.
- (now obsolete outside dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I mind to tell him plainly what I think.
1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), : Burton Club , →OCLC:[…] and if ever I refused to do his bidding or loitered or took my leisure he beat me with his feet more grievously than if I had been beaten with whips. He ceased not to signal with his hand wherever he was minded to go; so I carried him about the island, like a captive slave, and he bepissed and conskited my shoulders and back, dismounting not night nor day; and whenas he wished to sleep he wound his legs about his neck and leaned back and slept awhile, then arose and beat me; whereupon I sprang up in haste, unable to gainsay him because of the pain he inflicted on me.
- (UK, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
I'm not very healthy. I do eat fruit sometimes, mind.
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
Do you mind if I smoke?
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to pay attention to, take note of
- Bulgarian: внимавам (bg) (vnimavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 注意 (zh) (zhùyì)
- Crimean Tatar: muqayt olmaq, saqt olmaq
- Dutch: letten op (nl), aandacht schenken aan
- Finnish: huomioida (fi), keskittyä (fi), totella (fi)
- French: prendre garde (fr)
- German: aufpassen (de), beachten (de)
- Greek: δέν μέ πειράζει (dén mé peirázei)
- Latin: animum attendo
- Norwegian: huske (no), passe på
- Portuguese: cuidar (pt)
- Romanian: fi atent
- Russian: обраща́ть внима́ние (obraščátʹ vnimánije), обрати́ть внима́ние (obratítʹ vnimánije), име́ть в виду́ (ru) (imétʹ v vidú), следи́ть (ru) (sledítʹ) (of one's manners)
- Spanish: tomar en cuenta
- Swedish: akta på (sv), ge akt på, komma ihåg (sv), se upp för (sv), se till (sv), tänka på (sv)
- Ukrainian: зверта́ти ува́гу (zvertáty uváhu), ма́ти на ува́зі (uk) (máty na uvázi)
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to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward
- Bulgarian: възразявам (bg) (vǎzrazjavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 介意 (zh) (jièyì)
- Danish: have noget imod
- Dutch: erg vinden, iets op tegen hebben, uitmaken (nl)
- Finnish: haitata (fi)
- French: déranger (fr)
- German: dagegen haben
- Irish: is miste le
- Norwegian: bry seg om, ha imot, ha noe imot, bry (no)
- Polish: mieć coś przeciwko
- Portuguese: importar-se
- Romanian: păsa (ro)
- Russian: возража́ть (ru) impf (vozražátʹ), возрази́ть (ru) pf (vozrazítʹ)
- Spanish: importar (es)
- Swedish: bekymra (sv) sig om, bry (sv) sig om, fästa (sv) sig vid, ha något emot, tänka (sv) (på)
- Telugu: విభేదించు (vibhēdiñcu)
- Ukrainian: заперечувати (zaperečuvaty), бути проти (buty proty)
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to look after, take care of
- Bulgarian: грижа се (griža se)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 注意 (zh) (zhùyì)
- Dutch: passen op (nl)
- Finnish: huolehtia (fi), katsoa (fi), katsoa perään
- German: aufpassen (de)
- Irish: tabhair aire do, aireachasaigh
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: passe på, se etter
- Nynorsk: passe på, sjå etter
- Portuguese: tomar conta (pt), cuidar (pt)
- Russian: присма́тривать (ru) impf (prismátrivatʹ), присмотре́ть (ru) pf (prismotrétʹ), забо́титься (ru) (zabótitʹsja)
- Spanish: cuidar (es)
- Swedish: hålla koll (på), se efter (sv), sköta (sv), sköta om, ta hand om (sv)
- Ukrainian: догляда́ти impf (dohljadáty), догля́нути pf (dohljánuty), дба́ти (uk) impf (dbáty), подба́ти pf (podbáty)
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to make sure, to take care that
to have in mind; to intend
to put in mind; to remind
See also
Chinese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English mind.
Pronunciation
Verb
mind
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to mind; to care about
References
- Bolton, Kingsley, Hutton, Christopher (2005) A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 276
Danish
Verb
mind
- imperative of minde
Estonian
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun
mind
- partitive singular of mina
Hungarian
Etymology
Presumably from mi? (“what?”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
mind
- all of it, all of them, each of them (grammatically singular)
- Synonyms: mindegyikük, mindegyik, az összes
- Mind(et) megettem. ― I ate all of it.
- A fogaim nem jók, de még mind megvan. ― My teeth are not perfect, but I still have all of them.
Usage notes
When the pronoun mind (“all”) is the object, it is a definite object: mindet megnézem (“I’ll have a look at all ”). On the other hand, the pronoun minden (“everything”) is indefinite as an object: mindent megnézek (“I’ll have a look at everything”).
Declension
Some of its possessive forms (single possession with plural possessor) are possible in the partitive sense (“all of us/you/them”):
Possessive forms of mind
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possessor
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single possession
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multiple possessions
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1st person sing.
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2nd person sing.
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3rd person sing.
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1st person plural
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mindünk / mindőnk
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2nd person plural
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mindőtök
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3rd person plural
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mindük
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(See also a list of partitive pronoun forms.)
The possessive sense can be expressed with minden.
Adverb
mind (not comparable)
- with everyone, all (usually of persons)
- Synonyms: mindnyájan, mindannyian
- Mind összegyűltek a ház előtt. ― They all gathered in front of the house.
- (formal) increasingly (used with comparative form)
- Synonym: egyre
- Mind nagyobb igény van erre a szolgáltatásra. ― There is more and more demand for this service.
- (up) until…, up to… (used with -ig; not (until) sooner than a given point in time)
- Synonym: egészen
- mind a mai napig ― (up) to this (very) day
- (Note: Most other phrases with this meaning are written without a space: mindaddig, mindeddig, mindmáig, mindmostanáig, mindvégig)
Derived terms
Conjunction
mind
- (formal) both... and..., as well as
- Synonym: is
- mind a magánéletben, mind a munkában ― both in private life and in work
References
Further reading
- (pronoun & adverb): mind in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (conjunction): mind in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *mandu (“mark, sign, spot”), cognate to Welsh man (“spot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mind n (nominative plural mind)
- A symbol indicating honour or rank; a crown, insignia, emblem
Inflection
The genitive of this term is unexpectedly poorly attested. Its genitive plural mind is akin to a neuter o-stem, leading to DIL listing it as such. Unlike most u-stems, the declension never has the stem vowel i lowering to e even where it is expected.
Neuter u-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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mindN
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mindL
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mindL, minda
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Vocative
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mindN
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mindL
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mind
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Accusative
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mindN
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mindL
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mind
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Genitive
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mindoH, mindaH
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mindoN, mindaN
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mindN
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Dative
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mindL
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mindaib
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mindaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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mind also mmind after a proclitic
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mind pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
Scots
Etymology
From Old English ġemynd, from Proto-Germanic *gamundiz.
Pronunciation
Noun
mind (plural minds)
- memory, recollection.
- mind.
Verb
mind (third-person singular simple present minds, present participle mindin, simple past mindit, past participle mindit)
- To remember.
- To remind.
- To mind, care.