-yn
Danish edit
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-yn
Dutch edit
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-yn
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
See -Vn (illative suffix).
Suffix edit
-yn
- Suffix variant for the illative singular, see -Vn.
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-yn
Usage notes edit
Adverbs formed from this suffix are often used with the verb eiti (“to go”), e.g. eina blogyn, it is getting worse. Reduplication is also common for emphasis, e.g. didyn ir didyn, bigger and bigger.
Kalindra (2011) compares -yn to -ways, -ward, and -wise in English, although -yn is not restricted to directions. Alternatively, one may think of it as a comparative suffix like -er, which is usually how derived adverbs would be translated into English (as in the preceding examples), but this is distinct from the comparative degree of adverbs in Lithuanian.
References edit
- Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) “6. Adverb”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, pages 380–381
- Rimantas Kalindra (2011) “Some Lexical, Morphological and Syntactical Similarities and Differencies in Lithuanian, Italian and English Languages”, in Studies About Languages, , pages 27–37
Manx edit
Etymology 1 edit
Cognate to Irish -anna, Scottish Gaelic -an.
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-yn
Etymology 2 edit
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-yn
- -self (emphatic)
Related terms edit
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-yn m inan
Declension edit
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Further reading edit
- -yn in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh -yn, from Proto-Brythonic *-ɨnn.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɪn/
Suffix edit
-yn m (feminine -en)
- Used to form the singulative of certain words.
- Used to form certain singular words.
- diminutive suffix
- male or masculine person or creature
- suffix indicating an object, item, thing
Usage notes edit
-yn causes i-affection of internal vowels.
Derived terms edit
References edit
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-yn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies