dyn

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dyn	dyns
	definite	dynen	dynens
plural	indefinite	dyner	dyners
	definite	dynerna	dynernas

Derived terms

• sanddyn

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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɨːn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /diːn/
• Rhymes: -ɨːn
• Homophone: din (South Wales)

Noun

dyn m (plural dynion)

1. folk, folks pl
2. man
3. person (male or female)

Alternative forms

• dŷn (obsolete)

Derived terms

• bleidd-ddyn
• dynes
• dynfarch

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞n

Verb

dyn

1. first-person plural present colloquial of bod

Mutation

Mutated forms of dyn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dyn	ddyn	nyn	unchanged

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

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/

Determiner

dyn

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

See also

West Frisian personal pronouns and possessives

			personal				possessive
			subject case	object case			determiner	pronoun
				normal	reflexive
singular	1st		ik	my	mysels		myn	mines
	2nd	informal	do, dû1	dy	dysels		dyn	dines
		formal	jo	jo	josels		jo	jowes
	3rd	m	hy	him	himsels		syn	sines
		f	sy, hja1	har	harsels		har	harres
		n	it	it	himsels		syn	sines
plural	1st		wy	ús	ússels		ús	uzes
	2nd		jim(me)	jim(me)	jimsels, jinsels		jim(me)	jimmes
	3rd		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