min
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
min
- (mathematics) minimum function
- (metrology) minute in International System of Units
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
min (plural mins)
- Abbreviation of minute.
- (colloquial) Clipping of minute.
- Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).
Alternative formsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
min
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English min, minne, partly from Old English myne (“mind, intent, desire, love”), from Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory”); and also from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”); both from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”). More at mine.
NounEdit
min (plural mins)
- (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
- 1875, Joshiah Gilbet Holland, Sevenoaks:
- […] and faith I've done that same and found me min; […]
Etymology 4Edit
From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.
VerbEdit
min (third-person singular simple present mins, present participle minning, simple past and past participle minned)
- (transitive, obsolete) to bring to the mind of; remind
- (transitive, obsolete) to remember
- (transitive, obsolete) to mention
Etymology 5Edit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
min (plural mins)
- Abbreviation of minimum.
- (colloquial) Clipping of minimum.
- He's gotta be at least 60, min!
- Antonym: max
TranslationsEdit
AnagramsEdit
ArigidiEdit
PronounEdit
min
- me, first person singular pronoun, as object
ReferencesEdit
- B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin minō, collateral form of minor. Compare Romanian mâna, mân.
VerbEdit
min (third-person singular present indicative minã, past participle minatã)
- I move
Related termsEdit
AsturianEdit
PronounEdit
min
- me (as the object of a preposition)
AzerbaijaniEdit
Cyrillic | мин | |
---|---|---|
Perso-Arabic | مین |
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰃𐰭 (bïŋ), 𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ), Old Uyghur mynk (mïŋ, “thousand”), Turkish bin (“thousand”), Bashkir мең (meŋ, “thousand”), etc.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
min
DeclensionEdit
Declension of min | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | min |
minlər | ||||||
definite accusative | mini |
minləri | ||||||
dative | minə |
minlərə | ||||||
locative | mində |
minlərdə | ||||||
ablative | mindən |
minlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | minin |
minlərin |
BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Basque *bin.[1]
AdjectiveEdit
min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of min (adjective, ending in consonant) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | singular | plural | ||
absolutive | min | mina | minak | |
ergative | minek | minak | minek | |
dative | mini | minari | minei | |
genitive | minen | minaren | minen | |
comitative | minekin | minarekin | minekin | |
causative | minengatik | minarengatik | minengatik | |
benefactive | minentzat | minarentzat | minentzat | |
instrumental | minez | minaz | minez | |
inessive | anim. | minengan | minarengan | minengan |
inanim. | minetan | minean | minetan | |
locative | anim. | — | — | — |
inanim. | minetako | mineko | minetako | |
allative | anim. | minengana | minarengana | minengana |
inanim. | minetara | minera | minetara | |
terminative | anim. | minenganaino | minarenganaino | minenganaino |
inanim. | minetaraino | mineraino | minetaraino | |
directive | anim. | minenganantz | minarenganantz | minenganantz |
inanim. | minetarantz | minerantz | minetarantz | |
destinative | anim. | minenganako | minarenganako | minenganako |
inanim. | minetarako | minerako | minetarako | |
ablative | anim. | minengandik | minarengandik | minengandik |
inanim. | minetatik | minetik | minetatik | |
partitive | minik | — | — | |
prolative | mintzat | — | — |
NounEdit
min inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of min (inanimate, ending in consonant) | |||
---|---|---|---|
indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | min | mina | minak |
ergative | minek | minak | minek |
dative | mini | minari | minei |
genitive | minen | minaren | minen |
comitative | minekin | minarekin | minekin |
causative | minengatik | minarengatik | minengatik |
benefactive | minentzat | minarentzat | minentzat |
instrumental | minez | minaz | minez |
inessive | minetan | minean | minetan |
locative | minetako | mineko | minetako |
allative | minetara | minera | minetara |
terminative | minetaraino | mineraino | minetaraino |
directive | minetarantz | minerantz | minetarantz |
destinative | minetarako | minerako | minetarako |
ablative | minetatik | minetik | minetatik |
partitive | minik | — | — |
prolative | mintzat | — | — |
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Basque *bini.
NounEdit
min inan
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “min” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further readingEdit
ChineseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From clipping of English minus.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
min
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, university slang) minus (in an academic grade)
- A min ― A-
CornishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
min f (singulative minen)
- kids (young goats)
Crimean TatarEdit
NounEdit
min
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my”), genitive of *ek (“I”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
min
- Abbreviation of minimal.
- Alternative form: min.
NounEdit
min
- Abbreviation of minut.
- Abbreviation of minimum.
- Alternative form: min.
PronounEdit
See alsoEdit
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine | |
formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
common(noun) | den | dens | |||||
neuter(noun) | det | dets | |||||
reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine | ||
Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | ||
archaic / formal | vor | vort | vore | ||||
Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
Third | – | de | dem | deres | |||
reflexive | – | sig |
DomariEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Arabic مِنْ (min).
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
min
ReferencesEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.
NounEdit
min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Negerhollands: minnetje (from the diminutive)
- → Papiamentu: menchi, minnetsje, míntsje (from the diminutive)
Etymology 2Edit
A contraction of mannin (“woman”).
NounEdit
min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.
PrepositionEdit
min
DescendantsEdit
- → Papiamentu: men
AdjectiveEdit
min
- (obsolete) Comparative form of weinig; less, fewer.
Derived termsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
min (comparative minder, superlative minst)
- few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
- opprobrious, unpleasant
Etymology 4Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
min
ElfdalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse með, with a change from ð > n.
PrepositionEdit
min
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Esperanto first person singular pronoun mi + accusative/objective case ending -n
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
min
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
min
- Abbreviation of minuutti.
AnagramsEdit
FulaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
min
Usage notesEdit
- Used in Pular.
Dialectal variantsEdit
- miin (Pulaar, Fouta-toro, Adamawa, Liptaako, Maasina)
Etymology 2Edit
PronounEdit
min
Usage notesEdit
See alsoEdit
Dialectal variantsEdit
- men (Pular)
ReferencesEdit
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993), “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies[3], volume 35, DOI: , pages 215-230
GalicianEdit
PronounEdit
min
GuayaberoEdit
NounEdit
min
ReferencesEdit
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary (1992), page 48; also ASJP (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 has minta
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
min
- superessive singular of mi
- Min dolgozol? ― What are you working on?
IdoEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
min
IndonesianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch min, from Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.[1]
AdjectiveEdit
min
Etymology 2Edit
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch munt, from Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.[1]
NounEdit
min (plural min-min, first-person possessive minku, second-person possessive minmu, third-person possessive minnya)
- mint:
- Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
- The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
- Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
- A green colour, like that of mint.
- min:
- A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
SynonymsEdit
- pudina (Standard Malay)
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- “min” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
IngrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *mi-. Compare Finnish mitä ... sen.
PronunciationEdit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmin/, [ˈmin]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmin/, [ˈmin]
- Rhymes: -in
- Hyphenation: min
AdverbEdit
min
- (+ sen) Establishes a correlation between multiple comparatives in a sentence; the ...
- 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., 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, a min hää ono ylempään, sen lyhemp ono kupahain.
- The lower the sun is along the earth, the longer is the shadow, and the higher it is, the shorter is the shadow.
- Min enemmän siä sööt, sen suuremp siä oot. ― The more you eat, the bigger you are.
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”).
NounEdit
min f (genitive singular mine)
DeclensionEdit
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
- brachán mine buí m (“polenta”)
- brachán mine coirce m (“oatmeal porridge”)
- céad mine m (“a hundredweight of meal”)
- ceirín mine rois m (“linseed-meal poultice”)
- gairbhseach mine f (“coarsely ground meal”)
- mealdar mine m (“quantity of meal from grinding”)
- min bhuí f (“corn meal”)
- min chairde f (“flour obtained on credit”)
- min chaiscín f (“whole meal”)
- min chalóg f (“flake-meal”)
- min choirce f (“oatmeal”)
- min gharbh f (“coarse meal”)
- min loiscreáin f (“meal made from singed and ground oats”)
- min rabh f (“tiny bits, small fragments”)
- min sáibh f (“sawdust”)
- min tíortha f (“meal made from singed oats”)
- mornán mine m (“a measure of meal”)
- rascalach mine m (“coarse meal”)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
AdjectiveEdit
min
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
min | mhin | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “min”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “min” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “min” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
min
KwankaEdit
NounEdit
min
Further readingEdit
- Roger Blench, The Kwaŋ Language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2007), page 4
LatvianEdit
VerbEdit
min
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of minēt
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of minēt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of minēt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of minēt
VerbEdit
min
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of mīt
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of mīt
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of mīt
- 2nd person singular imperative form of mīt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of mīt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of mīt
LivonianEdit
PronounEdit
min
Low GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- mien, myn, miin, mihn
- meyn, mäin (Westphalian: Sauerländisch)
- muin (Westphalian: Ravensbergisch, in Soest)
- müin, muin (Westphalian: Lippisch)
- moin (Eastphalian)
- mäin (Eastphalian)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German min (myn).
PronounEdit
min
- my (mine)
- 1772, De Platt-Dütsche; een Geschrywe, dat dee Hooch-Dütschen eene Wochenschrift heeten, p. 319:
- 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.
- 1772, De Platt-Dütsche; een Geschrywe, dat dee Hooch-Dütschen eene Wochenschrift heeten, p. 319:
DeclensionEdit
Masculine Singular | Feminine Singular | Neuter Singular | Plural of all Genders | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | min | mine min' min |
min | mine min |
Genitive | mines (uncommon) | mines (uncommon) | ||
Dative | minen | miner (less common) mine min |
minen min |
mine min |
Accusative | minen | mine min' min |
min | mine min' min |
See alsoEdit
MaiaEdit
NounEdit
min
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic مَن (man), dialectal Arabic مِين (mīn).
PronounEdit
min
- who (interrogative)
Derived termsEdit
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
min
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Mauritian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
min
ReferencesEdit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch min, from Proto-Germanic *minniz.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
min
Alternative formsEdit
AdverbEdit
min
Alternative formsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “min (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “min (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “min (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
min (nominative I)
- First-person singular genitive determiner: my
Usage notesEdit
min is usually used before a vowel and h-, while mi is usually used before a consonant other than h-, much as with Modern English an/a.
DescendantsEdit
PronounEdit
min (nominative I)
- First-person singular genitive pronoun: mine
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | min mi1 |
min | ||
2nd-person | þou | þe | þin þi1 |
þin | |||
3rd-person | m | he | him hine2 |
him | his | his hisen | |
f | sche, heo | hire heo |
hire | hire hires, hiren | |||
n | hit | hit him2 |
his, hit | — | |||
dual3 | 1st-person | wit | unk | unker | |||
2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inker | ||||
plural | 1st-person | we | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren | ||
2nd-person4 | ye | yow | your | your youres, youren | |||
3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he2 |
hem | here | here heres, heren | |
bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren |
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early 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.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
ReferencesEdit
- “min, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.
Middle High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.
DeterminerEdit
mîn
DescendantsEdit
Northern KurdishEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
min
Northern SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
mīn
- accusative/genitive of mii (“we”)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)
See alsoEdit
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
Second | – | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | ||||
masculine (person) | han | ham / han | hans | |||||
feminine (noun) | den | dens | ||||||
masculine (noun) | ||||||||
neuter (noun) | det | dets | ||||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine | ||
Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vårt | våre | |
Second | – | dere | deres | |||||
Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
ReferencesEdit
- “min” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse minn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Akin to English mine.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
min (masculine min, feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
min
- imperative of mina
ReferencesEdit
- “min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.
DeterminerEdit
mīn
InflectionEdit
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | mīn | mīn | mīn |
Accusative | mīnin | mīna | mīn |
Genitive | mīnis | mīnro | mīnis |
Dative | mīnin | mīnro | mīnin |
Instrumental | mīnin | mīnro | mīnin |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | mīna | mīna | mīna |
Accusative | mīna | mīna | mīna |
Genitive | mīnro | mīnro | mīnro |
Dative | mīnon | mīnon | mīnon |
Instrumental | mīn- | mīn- | mīn- |
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “mīn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.
Cognate with Old Frisian mīn, Old Saxon mīn (Dutch mijn), Old High German mīn (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins).
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
mīn
DeclensionEdit
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | mīn | mīn | mīn |
Accusative | mīnne | mīne | mīn |
Genitive | mīnes | mīnre | mīnes |
Dative | mīnum | mīnre | mīnum |
Instrumental | mīne | mīnre | mīne |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | mīne | mīna, mīne | mīn |
Accusative | mīne | mīna, mīne | mīn |
Genitive | mīnra | mīnra | mīnra |
Dative | mīnum | mīnum | mīnum |
Instrumental | mīnum | mīnum | mīnum |
DescendantsEdit
PronounEdit
mīn
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Germanic *minniz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *min- (“small”). Akin to Old High German minniro (“smaller”) (German minder), Old Norse minni (“smaller”) (Icelandic minni, minnr), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “younger”), 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “young”), Latin minor (“smaller”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
min
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old High GermanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, whence also Old English mīn, Old Norse mínn.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
mīn
InflectionEdit
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | ih (ihha, ihcha) |
mīn | mir | mih | |
Second | dū | dīn | dir | dih | ||
Third | Masculine | er (her) | (sīn) | imu, imo | inan, in | |
Feminine | siu; sī, si | ira (iru, iro) | iru, iro | sia | ||
Neuter | iz | es, is | imu, imo | iz | ||
Plural | First | wir | unsēr | uns | unsih | |
Second | ir | iuwēr | iu | iuwih | ||
Third | Masculine | sie | iro | im, in | sie | |
Feminine | sio | iro | im, in | sio | ||
Neuter | siu | iro | im, in | siu | ||
Polite form | Second | ir | iuwēr | iu | iuwih |
DescendantsEdit
- Middle High German: mīn
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
AdverbEdit
min
ReferencesEdit
- Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.
DeterminerEdit
mīn
DeclensionEdit
Strong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | mīn | mīne | mīn | mīnu | mīn | mīne |
accusative | mīnana | mīne | mīn | mīnu | mīna | mīne |
genitive | mīnes | mīnarō | mīnes | mīnarō | mīnaro | mīnarō |
dative | mīnumu | mīnum | mīnumu | mīnum | mīnaro | mīnum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | mīno | mīnu | mīna | mīnu | mīna | mīnu |
accusative | mīnun | mīnun | mīna | mīnun | mīnun | mīnun |
genitive | mīnun | mīnonō | mīnun | mīnonō | mīnun | mīnonō |
dative | mīnun | mīnum | mīnun | mīnum | mīnun | mīnum |
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
PicardEdit
PronounEdit
min m
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
min
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
min m (invariable)
- Abbreviation of minuto.
Usage notesEdit
- 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 by h, used to represent hours.
- The abbreviation can be followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
- Example: 20h43min08s
Saterland FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn. Cognates include West Frisian myn and German mein.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
min (feminine mien, neuter mien, plural mien, predicative minnen)
See alsoEdit
Possessive determiners | |||||||||
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singular | plural | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
masculine | min | din | sin | hiere | sin | uus | jou | hiere | |
other | mien | dien | sien | sien | |||||
Possessive pronouns | |||||||||
singular | plural | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
masculine | minnen | dinnen | sinnen | hierens | sinnen | uzen | jouens | hierens | |
other | mienen | dienen | sienen | sienen |
ReferencesEdit
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”), from Proto-Celtic *min-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tew-oh₂, see also Ancient Greek ματέω (matéō).[1] However, compare μάσσω (mássō) .
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)
Usage notesEdit
- Usually used in compounds.
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
min | mhin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “min”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Seychellois CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
min
ReferencesEdit
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
min
- Romanization of 𒈫 (min)
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From minut.
NounEdit
min
Etymology 2Edit
From minimum.
NounEdit
min
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.
PronounEdit
min c (neuter singular mitt, plural mina)
DeclensionEdit
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
min c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of min | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | min | minen | miner | minerna |
Genitive | mins | minens | miners | minernas |
AnagramsEdit
TatarEdit
PronounEdit
min
UnamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (“berry”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
min inan (plural mina)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “min”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronounEdit
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
(classifier con) min
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *maknā, *meknos, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, bellows, belly”), see also English maw.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
min m (plural minion)
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
min | fin | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- Stokes: Urkeltischer Sprachschatz