Wiktionary

min

See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

min

  1. (mathematics) minimum function
  2. (metrology) minute in International System of Units
  3. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /mɪn/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1Edit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

min (plural mins)

  1. Abbreviation of minute.
  2. (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

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) less
    • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)
      The more and the minne
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)

  1. (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)

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

Etymology 5Edit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

min (plural mins)

  1. Abbreviation of minimum.
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of minimum.
    He's gotta be at least 60, min!
    Antonym: max
TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

ArigidiEdit

PronounEdit

min

  1. 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)

  1. I move

Related termsEdit

AsturianEdit

 
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PronounEdit

min

  1. me (as the object of a preposition)

AzerbaijaniEdit

Other scripts
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

  1. thousand

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
    Possessive forms of min
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minim minlərim
sənin (“your”) minin minlərin
onun (“his/her/its”) mini minləri
bizim (“our”) minimiz minlərimiz
sizin (“your”) mininiz minləriniz
onların (“their”) mini or minləri minləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimi minlərimi
sənin (“your”) minini minlərini
onun (“his/her/its”) minini minlərini
bizim (“our”) minimizi minlərimizi
sizin (“your”) mininizi minlərinizi
onların (“their”) minini or minlərini minlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimə minlərimə
sənin (“your”) mininə minlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) mininə minlərinə
bizim (“our”) minimizə minlərimizə
sizin (“your”) mininizə minlərinizə
onların (“their”) mininə or minlərinə minlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimdə minlərimdə
sənin (“your”) minində minlərində
onun (“his/her/its”) minində minlərində
bizim (“our”) minimizdə minlərimizdə
sizin (“your”) mininizdə minlərinizdə
onların (“their”) minində or minlərində minlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimdən minlərimdən
sənin (“your”) minindən minlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) minindən minlərindən
bizim (“our”) minimizdən minlərimizdən
sizin (“your”) mininizdən minlərinizdən
onların (“their”) minindən or minlərindən minlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) minimin minlərimin
sənin (“your”) mininin minlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) mininin minlərinin
bizim (“our”) minimizin minlərimizin
sizin (“your”) mininizin minlərinizin
onların (“their”) mininin or minlərinin minlərinin

BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Basque *bin.[1]

AdjectiveEdit

min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)

  1. spicy, hot, bitter
  2. painful
  3. intimate
  4. (chiefly Northern) strong, intense
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

  1. pain
  2. suffering
  3. nostalgia, longing
  4. desire, wish
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

  1. (Biscayan) Alternative form of mihi (“tongue”)

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “min” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further readingEdit

  • "min" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “min” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

ChineseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From clipping of English minus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /maːi̯⁵⁵/, /maːi̯n⁵⁵/

SuffixEdit

min

  1. (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)

  1. kids (young goats)

Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

min

  1. defect, fault

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my”), genitive of *ek (“I”).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

min

  1. Abbreviation of minimal.
    Alternative form: min.

NounEdit

min

  1. Abbreviation of minut.
  2. Abbreviation of minimum.
    Alternative form: min.

PronounEdit

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

  1. mine 1.st person singular possessive pronoun
  2. my 1.st person singular possessive adjective

See alsoEdit

Danish personal pronouns
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

  1. from

ReferencesEdit

  • Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎[2], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.

NounEdit

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

  1. wetnurse
  2. maid, especially a nursemaid
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)

  1. woman
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.

PrepositionEdit

min

  1. minus
    Synonym: minus
DescendantsEdit
  • → Papiamentu: men

AdjectiveEdit

min

  1. (obsolete) Comparative form of weinig; less, fewer.
Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

  1. few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
  2. opprobrious, unpleasant

Etymology 4Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

min

  1. first-person singular present indicative of minnen
  2. imperative of minnen

ElfdalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse með, with a change from ð > n.

PrepositionEdit

min

  1. with

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

min

  1. accusative of mi
    Li batis min! ― He hit me!
  2. myself
    Mi vidas min. ― I see myself.

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

min

  1. Abbreviation of minuutti.

AnagramsEdit

FulaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronounEdit

min

  1. 1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me
Usage notesEdit

Dialectal variantsEdit

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

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

min

  1. (Adamawa) first person plural exclusive;short form we, us
Usage notesEdit
See alsoEdit

Dialectal variantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

GalicianEdit

PronounEdit

min

  1. oblique of eu

GuayaberoEdit

NounEdit

min

  1. water

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

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅		 – –
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt		 kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅		 – c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – c
ter. -ig – meddig eddig addig – – c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – c
e-m. -ul / -ül – – – – – – c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

EtymologyEdit

mi +‎ -n

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

min

  1. superessive singular of mi
    Min dolgozol? ― What are you working on?

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

min

  1. less
    Antonym: plu

IndonesianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch min, from Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.[1]

AdjectiveEdit

min

  1. apocopic form of minus

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)

  1. mint:
    1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
    2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
    3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
    4. A green colour, like that of mint.
      min:  
    5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd‎[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964

Further readingEdit

IngrianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *mi-. Compare Finnish mitä ... sen.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

min

  1. (+ 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)

  1. meal
  2. powdered matter
DeclensionEdit
Declension of min

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative min
Vocative a mhin
Genitive mine
Dative min

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an mhin
Genitive na mine
Dative leis an min

don mhin

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

AdjectiveEdit

min

  1. inflection of mion:
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

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

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

min

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みん

KwankaEdit

NounEdit

min

  1. water

Further readingEdit

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

min

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of minēt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of minēt
  3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of minēt
  4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of minēt

VerbEdit

min

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of mīt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of mīt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of mīt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of mīt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of mīt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of mīt

LivonianEdit

PronounEdit

min

  1. genitive/dative singular of minā

Low GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Low German min (myn).

PronounEdit

min

  1. 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.

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

  1. comb

MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic مَن‎ (man), dialectal Arabic مِين‎ (mīn).

PronounEdit

min

  1. who (interrogative)

Derived termsEdit

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

min

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mín.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of mǐn.

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

From Cantonese 麵／面 (min).

NounEdit

min

  1. noodle

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

  1. less
    Antonym: mêe

Alternative formsEdit

AdverbEdit

min

  1. less, to a smaller degree
    Antonym: mêe

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)

  1. 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

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

PronounEdit

min (nominative I)

  1. First-person singular genitive pronoun: mine

DescendantsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

Middle English personal pronouns
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

Middle High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

DeterminerEdit

mîn

  1. my, mine

DescendantsEdit

Northern KurdishEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

min

  1. I
  2. me
  3. my, mine

Northern SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmiːn/

PronounEdit

mīn

  1. accusative/genitive of mii (“we”)

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse minn.

PronunciationEdit

  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

DeterminerEdit

min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

  1. my, mine

See alsoEdit

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
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

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)

  1. my, mine
See alsoEdit
    Declension of min
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative-accusative min mi mitt
dative1 minom minne mino
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative-accusative mine mina2 mine, mi
dative1 minom
1: Rare or dialectal. 2: Unofficial today.

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

min

  1. imperative of mina

ReferencesEdit

Old DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

DeterminerEdit

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

InflectionEdit

Declension of min — Strong only
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

  1. my
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mīn — Strong only
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
  • Middle English: min

PronounEdit

mīn

  1. genitive of iċ: mine, of me

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

  1. small
DeclensionEdit
Declension of min — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative min min min
Accusative minne minne min
Genitive minnes minre minnes
Dative minnum minre minnum
Instrumental minne minre minne
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative minne minna, minne min
Accusative minne minna, minne min
Genitive minra minra minra
Dative minnum minnum minnum
Instrumental minnum minnum minnum
Declension of min — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative minna minne minne
Accusative minnan minnan minne
Genitive minnan minnan minnan
Dative minnan minnan minnan
Instrumental minnan minnan minnan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative minnan minnan minnan
Accusative minnan minnan minnan
Genitive minra, minnena minra, minnena minra, minnena
Dative minnum minnum minnum
Instrumental minnum minnum minnum
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

  1. my
  2. mine
InflectionEdit
Old High German personal pronouns
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

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

AdverbEdit

min

  1. less

ReferencesEdit

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

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

DeterminerEdit

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mīn
Strong declension
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

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

See alsoEdit

Old Saxon personal pronouns
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

inker, inka

- - -
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

  1. my

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

min

  1. genitive plural of mina

PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

min m (invariable)

  1. Abbreviation of minuto.
    1. Used to indicate time in relation to an hour on a 24-hour clock.
      O evento é hoje, às 20h30min ― The event is today at 8:30 p.m.
    2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.
      O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s ― The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds

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)

  1. my, mine

See alsoEdit

Saterland Frisian possessives
Possessive determiners
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

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

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)

  1. flour
    Synonym: flùr

Usage notesEdit

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

  1. ^ 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

Seychellois CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Cantonese 麵／面 (min).

NounEdit

min

  1. noodle

ReferencesEdit

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

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

min

  1. Romanization of 𒈫 (min)

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From minut.

NounEdit

min

  1. min; minute

Etymology 2Edit

From minimum.

NounEdit

min

  1. min; minimum

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

PronounEdit

min c (neuter singular mitt, plural mina)

  1. my
  2. mine
DeclensionEdit
Swedish personal pronouns
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
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 4Edit

Borrowed from German Miene.

NounEdit

min c

  1. facial expression
DeclensionEdit
Declension of min 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative min minen miner minerna
Genitive mins minens miners minernas

AnagramsEdit

TatarEdit

PronounEdit

min

  1. I

UnamiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (“berry”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

min inan (plural mina)

  1. berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

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

min • (綿, 㒙)

  1. (archaic, literary) I; me

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

(classifier con) min

  1. (dialectal) gaur

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)

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

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
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