lyn

See also: Lyn

English

Etymology

See lin.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

lyn (plural lyns)

  1. (Scotland) A waterfall.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lyn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lyːn/, [lyːˀn]

Noun

lyn n (singular definite lynet, plural indefinite lyn)

  1. lightning

Inflection
Declension of lyn
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lyn lynet lyn lynene
genitive lyns lynets lyns lynenes

Verb

lyn

  1. imperative of lyne

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lyn (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of lyne

References

Etymology 2

Noun

lyn (plural lynes)

  1. Alternative form of lynde.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lyn n (definite singular lynet, indefinite plural lyn, definite plural lyna or lynene)

  1. (a flash of) lightning

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lyːn/

Noun

lyn n (definite singular lynet, indefinite plural lyn, definite plural lyna)

  1. (a flash of) lightning

Derived terms

References

Scanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lǿʏːn /

Noun

lyn n

  1. lightning

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

lyn

  1. Soft mutation of glyn.
  2. Soft mutation of llyn.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
glyn lyn nglyn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
llyn lyn unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Adverb

lyn

  1. ago
    twa jier lyn
    two years ago

Further reading
  • “lyn (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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