dyb

Translingual

Symbol

dyb

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dyaberdyaber.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dyaberdyaber terms

English

Alternative forms

• dib

Etymology

Short for do your best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb
• Homophone: dib

Verb

dyb (third-person singular simple present dybs, present participle dybbing, simple past and past participle dybbed)

1. (intransitive, sometimes humorous, scouting) In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
   • 2009, Justin Pollard, The Interesting Bits:

     Why were there 212 fatalities at the first boy scout camp? There wasn't much dybbing and dobbing at Robert Baden-Powell's first scout camp as the camp in question was in Mafeking and took place during a particularly nasty siege […]

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish diup, from Old Norse djúpr, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-. Compare Swedish djup, German tief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥yˀb̥]

Adjective

dyb (neuter dybt, plural and definite singular attributive dybe)

1. deep
2. profound

Inflection

Inflection of dyb

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	dyb	dybere	dybest2
indefinite neuter singular	dybt	dybere	dybest2
plural	dybe	dybere	dybest2
definite attributive1	dybe	dybere	dybeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• afgrundsdyb
• allerdybest
• dybereliggende
• dybfølt
• dybhed
• dybrød
• dybtgående
• dybttænkende
• fordybe
• uddybe

Noun

dyb n (singular definite dybet, plural indefinite dyb)

1. deep, depth
2. abyss

Declension

Declension of dyb

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyb	dybet	dyb	dybene
genitive	dybs	dybets	dybs	dybenes

Derived terms

• folkedyb
• havdyb
• kælderdyb

References

• “dyb” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “dyb” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɘp/
• Rhymes: -ɘp
• Syllabification: dyb

Verb

dyb

1. second-person singular imperative of dybać