deen

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Noun[edit]

deen (uncountable)

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  1. (Islam) religion; religiosity; the way of life of a pious Muslim
    • 2014, CHANEL, Purple Ink Presents Savage Sisters by Chanel, iUniverse →ISBN
      Sterling was Muslim, and although he wasn't on his deen, Shanice and Shakira felt that he should have had a Janazah.
    • 2016, Skepta, Shutdown, on Konnichiwa
      You say you're Muslim, you say you're Rasta / Say you don't eat pork, don't eat pussy / Liar, you're just an actor / Blud, you're not on your deen

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Basque[edit]

Noun[edit]

deen

  1. genitive plural of de

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeːn/, [ˈde̞ːn]
  • Rhymes: -eːn
  • Syllabification(key): deen

Noun[edit]

deen

  1. genitive singular of dee

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German then, den, from Proto-Germanic *þanōn, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

deen m (unstressed den)

  1. the (definite article)
  2. that (demonstrative)

Usage notes[edit]

The stressed form of the definite article is used when emphasis is placed on the word ("that" as opposed to merely "the") and when it is used before an adjective.

Declension[edit]

Luxembourgish definite articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. deen (den) déi (d') dat (d') déi (d')
dat. deem (dem) där (der) deem (dem) deen (den)
gen. der

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

deen

  1. Alternative form of den (dean)

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English tenen, from Old French tenir.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

deen

  1. to hold
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Deen theezil.
      Dress thyself.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 33