zun

Noun

zun (plural zuns)

1. (nonstandard, Britain, dialect) sun
   • 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century

     Zome woys avore the zun is down,

     So long’s the sky is clear;

   • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

     GOOD bwye ta thee Cot! whaur tha dâs o’ my childhood

     Glaw’d bright as tha zun in a mornin o’ mâ;

Noun

zun m (plural [please provide])

1. (Sette Comuni) son

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Alternative forms

• ğun (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin jejūnus, from ieiūnus.

Adjective

zun

1. fasting
2. (figuratively) lacking

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsʊn/

Contraction

zun (+ optional adjective(s) ending with -en + plural noun)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) to or for the (contraction of zu + den)

Romanization

zun

1. Nonstandard spelling of zūn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zǔn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zùn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

zun m

1. son

Noun

zun f

1. sun