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Translingual

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Symbol

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min

  1. (mathematics)minimum function
  2. (metrology)minute inInternational System of Units
  3. (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forMinangkabau.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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min (pluralmins)

  1. Abbreviation ofminute.
  2. (colloquial)Clipping ofminute.
    Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in amin!

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishmin, fromOld Englishmin(less; small, mean), fromProto-Germanic*minniz(less), fromProto-Indo-European*mey-(small, little). Cognate withScotsmin(less, lesser),West Frisianmin(small, bad),Dutchmin(less, small),Low Germanminn(small, low, lean),Germanminder(less),Icelandicminna(less),Latinminus(less).

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Adjective

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min

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland)Less;smaller;lower.
    • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)
      The more and theminne
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Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishmin,minne, partly fromOld Englishmyne(mind, intent, desire, love), fromProto-West Germanic*muni, fromProto-Germanic*muniz(mind, memory); and also fromOld Norseminni(memory), fromProto-Germanic*gaminþiją(memory, remembrance); both fromProto-Indo-European*men-(to think). Related toIcelandicminni(memory),GermanMinne(love).

Noun

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min (pluralmins)

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

Etymology 4

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FromMiddle Englishminnen,mynnen, fromOld Norseminna(to bring to mind), fromminni(memory). See above.

Verb

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min (third-person singular simple presentmins,present participleminning,simple past and past participleminned)

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

Etymology 5

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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min (pluralmins)

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

Anagrams

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Arigidi

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Pronoun

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min

  1. me,first person singular pronoun, as object

References

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

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromLatinminō, collateral form ofminor. CompareRomanianmâna, mân.

Verb

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min (third-person singular present indicativeminã,past participleminatã)

  1. tomove

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Asturian

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AsturianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediaast

Pronoun

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min

  1. me(as the object of a preposition)

Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillicмин
Abjadمین
Azerbaijani numbers(edit)
 ←  1 ←  1001,000
   Cardinal:min
   Ordinal:mininci

Etymology

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FromProto-Turkic*bïŋ(thousand). Cognate withOld Turkic𐰉𐰃𐰭(bïŋ),𐰋𐰃𐰭(biŋ),Old Uyghur𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷(mïŋ,thousand),Turkishbin(thousand),Bashkirмең(meñ,thousand), etc.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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min

  1. thousand

Declension

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Declension ofmin
singularplural
nominativeminminlər
definite accusativeminiminləri
dativeminəminlərə
locativemindəminlərdə
ablativemindənminlərdən
definite genitivemininminlərin
Possessive forms ofmin
nominative
singularplural
mənim(my)minimminlərim
sənin(your)mininminlərin
onun(his/her/its)miniminləri
bizim(our)minimizminlərimiz
sizin(your)mininizminləriniz
onların(their)mini orminləriminləri
accusative
singularplural
mənim(my)minimiminlərimi
sənin(your)mininiminlərini
onun(his/her/its)mininiminlərini
bizim(our)minimiziminlərimizi
sizin(your)mininiziminlərinizi
onların(their)minini orminləriniminlərini
dative
singularplural
mənim(my)miniməminlərimə
sənin(your)mininəminlərinə
onun(his/her/its)mininəminlərinə
bizim(our)minimizəminlərimizə
sizin(your)mininizəminlərinizə
onların(their)mininə orminlərinəminlərinə
locative
singularplural
mənim(my)minimdəminlərimdə
sənin(your)minindəminlərində
onun(his/her/its)minindəminlərində
bizim(our)minimizdəminlərimizdə
sizin(your)mininizdəminlərinizdə
onların(their)minində orminlərindəminlərində
ablative
singularplural
mənim(my)minimdənminlərimdən
sənin(your)minindənminlərindən
onun(his/her/its)minindənminlərindən
bizim(our)minimizdənminlərimizdən
sizin(your)mininizdənminlərinizdən
onların(their)minindən orminlərindənminlərindən
genitive
singularplural
mənim(my)miniminminlərimin
sənin(your)minininminlərinin
onun(his/her/its)minininminlərinin
bizim(our)minimizinminlərimizin
sizin(your)mininizinminlərinizin
onların(their)mininin orminlərininminlərinin

Basque

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Basque*biN.[1]

Adjective

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min (comparativeminago,superlativeminen,excessiveminegi)

  1. spicy,hot,bitter
  2. painful
  3. intimate
  4. (chiefly Northern)strong,intense
Declension
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Declension ofmin(adjective, ending in consonant)
indefinitesingularplural
absolutiveminminaminak
ergativeminekminakminek
dativeminiminariminei
genitiveminenminarenminen
comitativeminekinminarekinminekin
causativeminengatikminarengatikminengatik
benefactiveminentzatminarentzatminentzat
instrumentalminezminazminez
inessiveanimminenganminarenganminengan
inanminetanmineanminetan
locativeanim
inanminetakominekominetako
allativeanimminenganaminarenganaminengana
inanminetaramineraminetara
terminativeanimminenganainominarenganainominenganaino
inanminetarainominerainominetaraino
directiveanimminenganantzminarenganantzminenganantz
inanminetarantzminerantzminetarantz
destinativeanimminenganakominarenganakominenganako
inanminetarakominerakominetarako
ablativeanimminengandikminarengandikminengandik
inanminetatikminetikminetatik
partitiveminik
prolativemintzat

Noun

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min inan

  1. pain
  2. suffering
  3. nostalgia,longing
  4. desire,wish
Declension
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Declension ofmin(inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinitesingularplural
absolutiveminminaminak
ergativeminekminakminek
dativeminiminariminei
genitiveminenminarenminen
comitativeminekinminarekinminekin
causativeminengatikminarengatikminengatik
benefactiveminentzatminarentzatminentzat
instrumentalminezminazminez
inessiveminetanmineanminetan
locativeminetakominekominetako
allativeminetaramineraminetara
terminativeminetarainominerainominetaraino
directiveminetarantzminerantzminetarantz
destinativeminetarakominerakominetarako
ablativeminetatikminetikminetatik
partitiveminik
prolativemintzat
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Etymology 2

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FromProto-Basque*bini.

Noun

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min inan

  1. (Biscayan)Alternative form ofmihi(tongue)

References

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  1. ^min” inEtymological Dictionary of Basque byR. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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

Chinese

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Etymology

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From clipping ofEnglishminus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maːi̯⁵⁵/,/maːi̯n⁵⁵/

Suffix

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min

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, schoolslang, universityslang)minus(in an academic grade)
    AminA-

Cornish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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min f (singulativeminen)

  1. kids(young goats)

Crimean Tatar

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Noun

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min (accusative[please provide],plural[please provide])

  1. defect,fault

Danish

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsemínn, fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz(my), genitive of*ek(I).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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min

  1. Abbreviation ofminimal.
    Alternative form:min.

Noun

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min

  1. Abbreviation ofminut.
  2. Abbreviation ofminimum.
    Alternative form:min.

Pronoun

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min (neutermit,pluralmine)

  1. mine1.st person singular possessive pronoun
  2. my1.st person singular possessive adjective

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Danish personal pronouns
NumberPersonTypeNominativeObliquePossessive
commonneuterplural
SingularFirstjegmigminmitmine
Secondmodern /informaldudigdinditdine
formal (uncommon)DeDemDeres
Thirdmasculine (person)hanhamhans
feminine (person)hunhendehendes
common (noun)dendens
neuter (noun)detdets
indefinitemanenens
reflexivesigsinsitsine
PluralFirstmodernviosvores
archaic /formalvorvortvore
SecondIjerjeres
Thirddedemderes
reflexivesig

Domari

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromArabicمِنْ(min).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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min

  1. from

References

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  • Matras, Yaron (2012)A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎[2], Walter de Gruyter,→ISBN, page172

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Dutchmin, fromOld Dutchmin.

Preposition

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min

  1. minus
    Synonym:minus
    Antonym:plus
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Descendants
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  • Papiamentu:men

Adjective

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min

  1. (obsolete)comparative degree ofweinig;less,fewer
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Adjective

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min (comparativeminder,superlativeminst)

  1. few,little,less common synonym ofweinig.
  2. opprobrious,unpleasant
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Dutchmin,minne, fromOld Dutchminna, fromProto-West Germanic[Term?]; compareOld Frisianminne,Old Saxonminnia,Old High Germanminna (GermanMinne).

Noun

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min f (uncountable)

  1. (poetic)love
    Synonym:liefde
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Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Dutchminne, fromminnemoeder.

Noun

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min f (pluralminnen,diminutiveminnetje n)

  1. wetnurse
  2. maid, especially anursemaid
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Etymology 4

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A contraction ofmannin(woman).

Noun

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min f (pluralminnen,diminutiveminnetje n)

  1. woman
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Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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min

  1. inflection ofminnen:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
    3. imperative

Elfdalian

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsemeð, with a change fromð >n.

Preposition

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min

  1. with

Esperanto

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. accusative ofmi
    Li batismin!He hitme!
  2. myself
    Mi vidasmin.I seemyself.

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Esperanto personal pronouns
singularplural
nominativeaccusativepossessivenominativeaccusativepossessive
first person mi min mia ni nin nia
second
person
formal vi vin via vi vin via
familiar1 ci cin cia
third
person
masculine li lin lia
feminine ŝi ŝin ŝia
neuter ĝi ĝin ĝia
gender-neutral2 ri
ŝli
 rin
ŝlin
 ria
ŝlia
reflexive si sin sia si sin sia
indefinite oni onin onia oni onin onia

1 The second person familiar pronouns are archaic.

2 The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronounsri (rin,ria) andŝli (ŝlin,ŝlia) are not widely used.

3 The proposed third-person feminine plural pronouniŝi (iŝin,iŝia) is not widely used.

Finnish

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Noun

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min

  1. Abbreviation ofminuutti.

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Franco-Provençal

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinmeum.Doublet ofmon(possessive determiner).

Pronoun

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min (feminine singularmina,masculine pluralmins,feminine pluralmines)(ORB, broad)

  1. mine(first-person singular possessor)

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Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
singularnominativeaccusativedativetonic1possessive2
1st personjomin
2nd persontetin
3rd person masculineillo /leluisin
3rd person feminineellalyé
3rd person neuteroy
3rd person reflexive
pluralnominativeaccusativedativetonic1possessive2
1st personnosnoutro
2nd personvosvoutro
3rd person masculineilslos /leslorlor
3rd person feminineelsleslor /lyés
3rd person reflexive
1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition.2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

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  • mien in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • min in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

Fula

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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min

  1. 1st person singular emphatic pronounI,me
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Dialectal variants

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

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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min

  1. (Adamawa)first person plural exclusive;short formwe,us
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Galician

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Pronoun

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min

  1. oblique ofeu

Guayabero

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Noun

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min

  1. water

References

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  • Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed,Comparative vocabulary (1992), page 48; alsoASJP (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 hasminta

Hungarian

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Etymology

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mi(what) +‎-n

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. superessivesingular ofmi
    Min dolgozol?What are you workingon?

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Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see alsopostpositions)
casesuffixwho?what?thisthathe/she (it)1verbal prefixcategory
nominativekimiezaző* / -∅
az / -∅
accusative-t /-ot /
-at / -et / -öt
kitmiteztaztőt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dative-nak /-nekkinekminekennekannaknekineki-category
instrumental-val /-velkivelmivelezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
velecategory
causal-final-értkiértmiértezértazértértecategory
translative-vá /-vékivémivéezzéazzácategory
terminative-igmeddigeddigaddigcategory
essive-formal-ként(kiként)(miként)ekkéntakkéntcategory
essive-modal-ul /-ülcategory
inessive-ban /-benkibenmibenebbenabbanbennecategory
superessive-n/-on/-en/-önkinminezenazonrajta(rajta-)category
adessive-nál /-nélkinélminélennélannálnálacategory
illative-ba /-bekibemibeebbeabbabelebele-category
sublative-ra /-rekiremireerrearrará-category
allative-hoz/-hez/-hözkihezmihezehhezahhozhozzáhozzá-category
elative-ból /-bőlkibőlmibőlebbőlabbólbelőlecategory
delative-ról /-rőlkirőlmirőlerrőlarrólrólacategory
ablative-tól /-tőlkitőlmitőlettőlattóltőlecategory

1Ő andőt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon.All Hungarian pronouns /edit this template

Ido

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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min

  1. less
    Antonym:plu

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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borrowed fromDutchmin, fromMiddle Dutchmin, fromOld Dutchmin.[1]

Adjective

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min

  1. apocopic form ofminus

Etymology 2

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borrowed fromDutchmunt, fromMiddle Dutchmente,minte, fromLatinmentha.[1]

Noun

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min (pluralmin-min)

  1. mint(anyplant in the familyLamiaceae)
  2. mint(theflavouring of the plant)
  3. mint(a green colour, like that of mint)
    min: 
  4. mint(mint-flavoredcandy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of thebreath)

References

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  1. 1.01.1Nicoline van der Sijs (2010)Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers,→ISBN,→OCLC

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*mi-. CompareFinnishmitä ... sen.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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, amin hää ono ylempään, sen lyhemp ono kupahain.
      The lower the sun is along the earth, the longer is the shadow, andthe higher it is, the shorter is the shadow.

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page310

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Irishmin, fromOld Irishmen(flour),[3] fromProto-Celtic*menā.

Noun

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min f (genitive singularmine)

  1. meal
  2. powdered matter
Declension
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Declension ofmin (second declension, no plural)
forms with thedefinite article
singular
nominativeanmhin
genitivenamine
dativeleis anmin
donmhin
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Adjective

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min

  1. inflection ofmion:
    1. vocative/genitivemasculinesingular
    2. (archaic)dativefemininesingular

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofmin
radicallenitioneclipsis
minmhinnot applicable

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

References

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  1. ^Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931)Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, pages67126
  2. ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906)A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press,§ 99, page39
  3. ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “men, min”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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min

  1. Rōmaji transcription ofみん

Kwanka

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Noun

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min

  1. water

Further reading

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Latvian

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Verb

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min

  1. third-personsingular/pluralpresentindicative ofminēt
  2. (with the particlelai)third-personsingularimperative ofminēt
  3. (with the particlelai)third-personpluralimperative ofminēt

Verb

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min

  1. inflection ofmīt:
    1. second/third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. third-personpluralpresentindicative
    3. second-personsingularimperative
  2. (with the particlelai)third-personsingularimperative ofmīt
  3. (with the particlelai)third-personpluralimperative ofmīt

Livonian

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Pronoun

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min

  1. genitive/dativesingular ofminā

Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germanmin (myn).

Pronoun

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min

  1. my (mine)
    • 1772,De Platt-Dütsche; een Geschrywe, dat dee Hooch-Dütschen eene Wochenschrift heeten, page319:
      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.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Masculine SingularFeminine SingularNeuter SingularPlural of all Genders
Nominativeminmine
min'
min
minmine
min
Genitivemines(uncommon)mines(uncommon)
Dativeminenminer(less common)
mine
min
minen
min
mine
min
Accusativeminenmine
min'
min
minmine
min'
min

See also

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Maia

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Noun

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min

  1. comb

Maltese

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Etymology

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FromArabicمَن(man), dialectalArabicمِين(mīn).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. (interrogative)who

Derived terms

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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min

  1. Nonstandard spelling ofmín.
  2. Nonstandard spelling ofmǐn.

Usage notes

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

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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FromCantonese /(min6).

Noun

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min

  1. noodle

References

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutchmin, fromProto-Germanic*minniz.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. less
    Antonym:mêe

Alternative forms

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Adverb

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min

  1. less, to a smaller degree
    Antonym:mêe

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishmīn(my, mine), fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz(my, mine,pron.) (genitive of*ek(I)), fromProto-Indo-European*méynos(my; mine).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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min (nominativeI)

  1. First-person singular genitive determiner:my

Usage notes

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min is usually used before a vowel andh-, whilemi is usually used before a consonant other thanh-, much as with ModernEnglishan/a.

Descendants

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

Pronoun

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min (nominativeI)

  1. First-person singular possessive pronoun:mine, ofme

Descendants

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

See also

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Middle English personal pronouns
nominativeaccusativedativegenitivepossessive
singular1st personI,ich,ikmemin
mi1
min
2nd personþouþeþin
þi1
þin
3rd personmhehim
hine2
himhishis
hisen
fsche,heohire
heo
hirehire
hires,hiren
nhithit
him2
his,hit
dual31st personwitunkunker
2nd personȝitincinker
plural1st personweus,ousoureoure
oures,ouren
2nd person4yeyowyouryour
youres,youren
3rd personinh.hehem
he2
hemherehere
heres,heren
bor.þeiþem,þeimþeirþeir
þeires,þeiren
1 Used preconsonantally or beforeh.
2 Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

References

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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FromOld High Germanmīn, fromProto-West Germanic*mīn, fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz.

Determiner

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mîn

  1. my,mine

Descendants

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North Frisian

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Determiner

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min

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

Pronoun

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min (plural(Sylt)minen)

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

See also

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Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
personalpossessive
subject caseobject casemasculine referentfeminine / neuter referentplural referent
fullreducedfullreducedattributiveindependent
singular1stik'kmimanminminen
2nddidandindinen
3rdmhi'rham'nsansinsinen
f ornhatat,'tat,'t
plural1stwi'füsüüsüüsen
üsens
2ndjam'mjamjaujauen
jamens
3rdjo'sjo'shörhören
hörens
  • The reduced forms with an apostrophe areenclitic; 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. Inreflexive use, only full object forms occur.
  • Dual formswat / onk andjat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine / hör.
  • Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
  • The formsüsens,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)
personalpossessive
subject caseobject casemasculine
referent
feminine / neuter / plural
referent
fullreducedfullreduced
singular1stik'kmemanmin
2nddedandin
3rdmhi'rham'nsansin
f'shar'sharnhar
nhatet,'thamet,'tsansin
plural1stweüsüüsenüüs
2ndjam'mjamjarnge
3rdja'sja,jam'sjare

The reduced forms with an apostrophe areenclitic; 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 formhat is now rarely used. Inreflexive use, only full object forms occur.
Dual formswat / unk andjat / junk are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.

Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)
personalpossessive
subject caseobject casesingular
referent
plural referent
fullreducedfullreducedattributiveindependent
singular1stik'kmiminminen
2nddidindinen
3rdmhi'rhöm'nsinsinen
f'shöör'shöörhöören
nhatet,'thömet,'tsinsinen
dual1stwatunkunkunken
2ndatjunkjunkjunken
3rdjatjam'sjaarjaaren
plural1stüüsüüsüüsen
2ndijuujuujuuen
3rdja'sjam'sjaarjaaren
  • The reduced forms with an apostrophe areenclitic; 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 formhat is now rarely used. Inreflexive 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

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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min

  1. I
  2. me
  3. my,mine

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino)IPA(key): /ˈmiːn/

Pronoun

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mīn

  1. accusative/genitive ofmii(we)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromOld Norseminn.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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min m (femininemi,neutermitt,pluralmine)

  1. my,mine

See also

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    Personal pronouns inBokmål
NumberPersonTypeNominativeObliquePossessive
femininemasculineneuterplural
SingularFirstjegmegmiminmittmine
Secondgeneraldudegdidindittdine
formal (rare)DeDemDeres
Thirdfeminine (person)hunhennehennes
masculine (person)hanham /hanhans
feminine (noun)dendens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun)detdets
reflexivesegsisinsittsine
PluralFirstviossvårvårtvåre
Secondgeneralderederes
formal (very rare)DeDemDeres
Thirdgeneraldedemderes
reflexivesegsisinsittsine

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Norseminn, fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz. Akin toEnglishmine.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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min (masculinemin,femininemi,neutermitt,pluralmine)

  1. my,mine
See also
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Declension ofmin
singularmasculinefeminineneuter
nominative-accusativeminmimitt
dative1minomminnemino
pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
nominative-accusativeminemina2mine,mi
dative1minom

1 Rare or dialectal.2 Unofficial today.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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min

  1. imperative ofmina

References

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*mīn.

Determiner

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mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Inflection

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Declension ofmin — Strong only
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativemīnmīnmīn
Accusativemīninmīnamīn
Genitivemīnismīnromīnis
Dativemīninmīnromīnin
Instrumentalmīninmīnromīnin
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativemīnamīnamīna
Accusativemīnamīnamīna
Genitivemīnromīnromīnro
Dativemīnonmīnonmīnon
Instrumentalmīn-mīn-mīn-

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • mīn”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

Old English

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-West Germanic*mīn.

Cognate withOld Frisianmīn,Old Saxonmīn (Dutchmijn),Old High Germanmīn (Germanmein),Old Norsemínn (Swedishmin),Gothic𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃(meins).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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mīn

  1. my
    • 10th century,Exeter Book Riddle 8[4]:
      Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healdemīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…
      I… loudly cry out, holdmy tone, don't hide a sound,…
Declension
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Declension ofmīn — Strong only
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativemīnmīnmīn
Accusativemīnnemīnemīn
Genitivemīnesmīnremīnes
Dativemīnummīnremīnum
Instrumentalmīnemīnremīne
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativemīnemīna,mīnemīn
Accusativemīnemīna,mīnemīn
Genitivemīnramīnramīnra
Dativemīnummīnummīnum
Instrumentalmīnummīnummīnum
Descendants
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Pronoun

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mīn

  1. genitive of:mine, ofme

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Germanic*minniz(small), fromProto-Indo-European*min-(small). Akin toOld High Germanminniro(smaller) (Germanminder),Old Norseminni(smaller) (Icelandicminni,minnr),Gothic𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰(minniza,younger),𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃(mins,young),Latinminor(smaller).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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min

  1. small
Declension
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Declension ofmin — Strong
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeminminmin
Accusativeminneminnemin
Genitiveminnesminreminnes
Dativeminnumminreminnum
Instrumentalminneminreminne
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeminneminna,minnemin
Accusativeminneminna,minnemin
Genitiveminraminraminra
Dativeminnumminnumminnum
Instrumentalminnumminnumminnum
Declension ofmin — Weak
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeminnaminneminne
Accusativeminnanminnanminne
Genitiveminnanminnanminnan
Dativeminnanminnanminnan
Instrumentalminnanminnanminnan
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeminnanminnanminnan
Accusativeminnanminnanminnan
Genitiveminra,minnenaminra,minnenaminra,minnena
Dativeminnumminnumminnum
Instrumentalminnumminnumminnum
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*mīn.

Cognate withOld Englishmīn,Old Saxonmīn (Dutchmijn),Old High Germanmīn (Germanmein),Old Norsemínn (Swedishmin),Gothic𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃(meins).

Determiner

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mīn

  1. my

Declension

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Declension ofmīn — Strong only
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativemīnmīn,mīnemīn
Accusativemīnene,mīnnemīnemīn
Genitivemīnesmīnere,mīnremīnes
Dativemīnemīnere,mīnremīne
Plural
Nominativemīne
Accusativemīne
Genitivemīnera,mīnra
Dativemīne

Descendants

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Pronoun

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mīn

  1. genitive ofik:mine, ofme

Declension

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Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
nominativeaccusativedativegenitive
singular1st personikmīn
2nd personthūthīthīthīn
3rd
person
mhinehimsīn
fhiū,hiōhiāhire,hiārehire,hiāre
nhithithimsīn
plural1st personūsūsūser
2nd person,,jūwer
3rd personhiāhiāhim,hirem,hiāremhira,hiāra

Old High German

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-West Germanic*mīn, fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz, whence alsoOld Englishmīn,Old Norsemínn.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mīn

  1. my
  2. mine
Inflection
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Old High German personal pronouns
NumberPersonGenderNominativeGenitiveDativeAccusative
SingularFirstih
(ihha,ihcha)
mīnmirmih
Seconddīndirdih
ThirdMasculineer (her)(sīn)imu,imoinan,in
Femininesiu;,siira (iru,iro)iru,irosia
Neuterizes,isimu,imoiz
PluralFirstwirunsērunsunsih
Secondiriuwēriuiuwih
ThirdMasculinesieiroim,insie
Femininesioiroim,insio
Neutersiuiroim,insiu
Polite formSecond iriuwēriuiuwih
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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min

  1. less

References

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

Old Irish

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Celtic*menus, fromProto-Indo-European*men-(small).

Pronunciation

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  • (masculine nominative/accusative/dative singular, feminine nominative/vocative singular, neuter nominative/vocative/accusative/dative singular, all genders genitive plural)IPA(key): [mʲin]
  • (masculine vocative/genitive singular, feminine accusative/dative singular, neuter genitive singular, masculine nominative plural)IPA(key): [mʲinʲ]

Adjective

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min (comparativeminiu)

  1. minute,small
Declension
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o/ā-stem
singularmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeminminmin
vocativemin
accusativeminmin
genitiveminminemin
dativeminminmin
pluralmasculinefeminine/neuter
nominativeminmina
vocativeminu
mina
accusativeminu
mina
genitivemin
dativeminaib

† not when substantivized

Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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min

  1. dative/accusativesingular ofmen

Mutation

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Mutation ofmin
radicallenitionnasalization
min
alsommin after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
min
pronounced with/β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*mīn.

Determiner

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mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Declension

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Declension ofmīn
Strong declension
singularplural
masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
nominativemīnmīnmīnmīnemīnumīne
accusativemīnanamīnmīnamīnemīnumīne
genitivemīnesmīnesmīnaromīnarōmīnarōmīnarō
dativemīnumumīnumumīnaromīnummīnummīnum
Weak declension
singularplural
masculineneuterfeminine
nominativemīnomīnamīnamīnu
accusativemīnunmīnamīnunmīnun
genitivemīnunmīnunmīnunmīnonō
dativemīnunmīnunmīnunmīnum

Descendants

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

See also

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Old Saxon personal pronouns
nominativeaccusativedativegenitive
singular1st personik,me,mikmīn
2nd personthūthī,thikthīthīn
3rd
person
minaimuis
fsiusiairuira
nititis
dual1st personwitunkunkero,unka
2nd persongitinkinker,inka
plural1st person,weūs,unsikūsūser
2nd person,geeu,iu,iuueuwar,iuwer,iuwar,iuwero,iuwera
3rd
person
msiaimiro
fsia
nsiu

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsemínn, fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz, fromProto-Indo-European*méynos.

Pronoun

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mīn

  1. my

Declension

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Declension ofmīn (strong)
singularmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemīnmīnmītt
accusativemīnmīnamītt
dativemīnum, mīnommīnimīnu, mīno
genitivemīnsmīnarmīns
pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemīnir, mīne(r)mīnarmīn
accusativemīnamīnarmīn
dativemīnum, mīnommīnum, mīnommīnum, mīnom
genitivemīnamīnamīna

Picard

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Pronoun

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min m

  1. my

Polish

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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min f

  1. genitiveplural ofmina

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation:min

Noun

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min m (invariable)

  1. Abbreviation ofminuto.
    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

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  • 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 byh, used to represent hours.
  • The abbreviation can be followed by another abbreviation,s, to represent seconds.
    • Example:20h43min08s

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianmīn, fromProto-West Germanic*mīn. Cognates includeWest Frisianmyn andGermanmein.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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min (femininemien,neutermien,pluralmien,predicativeminnen)

  1. my,mine

See also

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Saterland Frisian possessives
possessive determinerspossessive pronouns
masculine
referent
other
referent
masculine
referent
other
referent
singular1stminmienminnenmienen
2nddindiendinnendienen
3rdm ornsinsiensinnensienen
fhierehierens
plural1stuusuzen
2ndjoujouens
3rdhierehierens

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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FromOld Irishmen(flour), fromProto-Celtic*menā, possibly fromProto-Indo-European*menH-(to trample, tread).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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min f (genitive singularmine,pluralminean)

  1. flour
    Synonym:flùr

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation ofmin
radicallenition
minmhin

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

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “min”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[5], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited,→ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “men, min”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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FromCantonese /(min6).

Noun

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min

  1. noodle

References

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

Sumerian

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Romanization

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min

  1. Romanization of𒈫(min)

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Fromminut.

Noun

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min

  1. min;minute

Etymology 2

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Fromminimum.

Noun

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min

  1. min;minimum

Etymology 3

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FromOld Norsemínn, fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz, fromProto-Indo-European*méynos.

Pronoun

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min c (neuter singularmitt,pluralmina)

  1. my
  2. mine
Declension
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Swedish personal pronouns
NumberPersonnominativeobliquepossessive
commonneuterplural
singularfirstjagmig,mej3minmittmina
seconddudig,dej3dindittdina
thirdmasculine (person)hanhonom,han2,en5hans
feminine (person)honhenne,na5hennes
gender-neutral (person)1henhen,henom7hens
common (noun)dendendess
neuter (noun)detdetdess
indefinitemanoren4enens
reflexivesig,sej3sinsittsina
pluralfirstviossvår,våran2vårt,vårat2våra
secondnierer,eran2,ers6ert,erat2era
archaicIedereder,eders6edertedra
thirdde,dom3dem,dom3deras
reflexivesig,sej3sinsittsina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative toman, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by theSwedish Language Council

Etymology 4

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Borrowed fromGermanMiene.

Noun

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min c

  1. afacial expression
    Synonym:ansiktsuttryck
Declension
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Declension ofmin
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteminmins
definiteminenminens
pluralindefiniteminerminers
definiteminernaminernas
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]

References

[edit]

Anagrams

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Tatar

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Pronoun

[edit]

min

  1. I

Unami

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Etymology

[edit]

FromProto-Algonquian*mi·na(berry).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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min inan (pluralmina)

  1. berry,huckleberry,currant;seed

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References

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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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min (綿,)

  1. (archaic, literary)I;me

Etymology 2

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Noun

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(classifiercon) min

  1. (dialectal)gaur

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Etymology

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According to Stokes, fromProto-Celtic*maknā,*meknos, fromProto-Indo-European*mak-,*maks-(bag, bellows, belly), see alsoEnglishmaw.[1]

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Noun

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min m (pluralminion)

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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms ofmin
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
minfinunchangedunchanged

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

References

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  1. ^Stokes, Whitley,Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894)Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,page197
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