lyn

See also: Lyn

English

Etymology

See lin.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

lyn (plural lyns)

(Scotland) A waterfall.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lyn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lyːn/, [lyːˀn]

Noun

lyn n (singular definite lynet, plural indefinite lyn)

lightning

Inflection

Declension of lyn

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lyn	lynet	lyn	lynene
genitive	lyns	lynets	lyns	lynenes

Verb

lyn

imperative of lyne

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lyn (uncountable)

Alternative form of lyne

References

“lin, (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

lyn (plural lynes)

Alternative form of lynde.

References

“lind(e, (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lyn n (definite singular lynet, indefinite plural lyn, definite plural lyna or lynene)

(a flash of) lightning

Derived terms

References

“lyn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lyːn/

Noun

lyn n (definite singular lynet, indefinite plural lyn, definite plural lyna)

(a flash of) lightning

Derived terms

References

“lyn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lǿʏːn /

Noun

lyn n

lightning

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /lɨ̞n/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /lɪn/

Noun

lyn

Soft mutation of glyn.
Soft mutation of llyn.

Mutation

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

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

West Frisian

Adverb

lyn

ago
twa jier lyn - two years ago

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.