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See also: sýn, syn-, -syn, and ␖

English

Etymology 1

From Greek συν- (syn-, “with, together”), having the same function as co- (“synthesis, synoptic”).

Adjective

syn (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.

Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of synonym.

Alternative forms

Noun

syn (plural syns)

  1. Abbreviation of synonym.

Etymology 3

Clipping of synthetic.

Alternative forms

Adjective

syn (comparative more syn, superlative most syn)

  1. Abbreviation of synthetic.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

syn

  1. Obsolete form of sy. ('his')

Particle

syn

  1. Obsolete form of se.
  2. Obsolete form of s'n.

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech syn, from Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

Noun

syn m anim

  1. son

Declension

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Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn, cognate to se.

Noun

syn

  1. vision, faculty of sight
    Hun har nedsat syn på det højre øje.
    She has reduced vision in the right eye.
  2. a way of perceiving something
    De havde et ganske andet syn på sandsynlighedsfeltsbegrebet.
    They had quite another view of the concept of the probability field.
    Sikke dog et forskruet og forældet menneskesyn!
    What a twisted and antiquated view of humans!

Declension

Declension of syn
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative syn synet syn synene
genitive syns synets syns synenes

Derived terms

Noun

syn

  1. vision (mystical event)
    Shamanen påstår at have fået et syn.
    The shaman claims to have received a vision.

Declension

Declension of syn
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative syn synet syner synerne
genitive syns synets syners synernes

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ.

Noun

syn m pers

  1. son

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

Noun

syn m ? (diminutive synk)

  1. son

Declension

Declension of syn
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative syn syna syny
Genitive syna synowu synow
Dative synoju synoma synam
Accusative syna synowu syny, synow
Instrumental synom synoma synami
Locative synje synoma synach

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

References

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “syn”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “syn”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn.

Noun

syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn or syner, definite plural syna or synene, genitive syne)

  1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
  2. a sight
    et vakkert syn ― a beautiful sight
    komme til syne [old genitive form] ― come into sight
  3. a vision or hallucination
  4. a premonition
  5. a view (opinion)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sýn.

Noun

syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn, definite plural syna)
syn f (definite singular syna, indefinite plural syner, definite plural synene)

  1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
  2. a sight
    eit vakkert syn - a beautiful sight
  3. (especially feminine) a vision
  4. (feminine plural only) hallucinations
  5. a view (opinion)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

syn

  1. imperative of syna

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Pronunciation

Noun

sȳn f

  1. sight, ability to see
  2. appearance

Declension

Declension of sȳn (i-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sȳn sȳnin sȳni(r), -e(r) sȳnina(r), sȳnena(r)
accusative sȳn sȳnina, -ena sȳni(r), -e(r) sȳnina(r), sȳnena(r)
dative sȳn sȳninni, -inne sȳnum, -om sȳnumin, -omen
genitive sȳna(r) sȳninna(r) sȳna sȳnanna

Descendants

  • Swedish: syn

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish syn, from Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

Noun

syn m pers (diminutive synek)

  1. son

Declension

Declension of syn
singular plural
nominative syn synowie/syny/syny (deprecative)
genitive syna synów
dative synowi synom
accusative syna synów
instrumental synem synami
locative synu synach
vocative synu synowie/syny

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • syn in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • syn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

Noun

syn m (genitive singular syna, nominative plural synovia, genitive plural synov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. son

Declension

Declension of syn
singular plural
nominative syn synovia
genitive syna synov
dative synovi synom
accusative syna synov
vocative synu synovia
locative synovi synoch
instrumental synom synmi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “syn”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish sȳn, from Old Norse sýn, sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Pronunciation

Noun

syn c

  1. sight (ability to see), vision
  2. a sight, a view
  3. a vision, a revelation (of the future)

Declension

Declension of syn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative syn synen syner synerna
Genitive syns synens syners synernas
Related terms

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Anagrams

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Noun

syn m

  1. son

Declension

Declension of syn
singular dual plural
nominative syn synaj synojo
genitive syna synow synow
dative synej synomaj synam
accusative syna synow synow
instrumental synom synomaj synami
locative synje synomaj synach
vocative synje synaj synojo

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn.

Pronunciation

Determiner

syn

  1. his (third-person singular masculine possessive determiner)
  2. its (third-person singular neuter possessive determiner)

See also

West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimsels/jinsels jim(me) jimmes
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

Further reading

  • “syn”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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