ydin

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *üdin, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wideme. Cognates include Northern Sami ađa ((bone with) marrow), Erzya удем (udem, brain; intellect), Eastern Mari вем (vem, marrow) and Hungarian velő (marrow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈydin/, [ˈydin]
  • Hyphenation: y‧din

Noun

ydin

  1. core, the central part of something
  2. core, point, essential content, essence; often with the genitive of asia (matter, topic)
    päästä asian ytimeento get to the point
  3. (geology) core
    Maapallon ydin jaetaan sisäytimeen ja ulkoytimeen.The Earth's core is divided into the inner core and the outer core.
  4. (computing) core, an individual computer processor
    Tämä ohjelma käyttää kaikkia ytimiä.This application uses all the cores.
  5. (computing) kernel
    Linux viittaa Linux-ydintä käyttävien Unixin kaltaisten käyttöjärjestelmien perheeseen.Linux refers to the Linux kernel used by the Unix-like family of operating systems.
  6. (physics) nucleus
    Atomiydin on atomin keskellä sijaitseva protoneista ja yleensä myös neutroneista koostuva muodostuma.The nucleus is the region consisting of protons and usually neutrons at the center of an atom.
  7. (anatomy) special uses such as in luuydin (bone marrow), selkäydin (spinal cord)
  8. (botany) pith (soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees)
  9. As a former part of compound (ydin-) signifies nuclear, core.
    ydinfysiikkanuclear physics
    ydinperhenuclear family

Declension

Inflection of ydin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, t-d gradation)
nominative ydin ytimet
genitive ytimen ytimien
ydinten
partitive ydintä ytimiä
illative ytimeen ytimiin
singular plural
nominative ydin ytimet
accusative nom. ydin ytimet
gen. ytimen
genitive ytimen ytimien
ydinten
partitive ydintä ytimiä
inessive ytimessä ytimissä
elative ytimestä ytimistä
illative ytimeen ytimiin
adessive ytimellä ytimillä
ablative ytimeltä ytimiltä
allative ytimelle ytimille
essive ytimenä ytiminä
translative ytimeksi ytimiksi
instructive ytimin
abessive ytimettä ytimittä
comitative ytimineen

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References


Karelian

Noun

ydin

  1. marrow (of bones)
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