dym

See also: dým

English

Etymology

Corruption of the word dumb.

Adjective

dym (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) dumb, stupid

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) dym

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of dig your message.

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨm/

Noun

dym

1. smoke

Declension

Declension of dym

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dym	dyma	dymy
Genitive	dyma	dymowu	dymow
Dative	dymoju	dymoma	dymam
Accusative	dym	dyma	dymy
Instrumental	dymom	dymoma	dymami
Locative	dymje	dymoma	dymach

References

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

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨm/

• audio:

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Noun

dym m inan (diminutive dymek)

1. smoke
2. (colloquial, singular only) stir, commotion

Declension

Declension of dym

	singular	plural
nominative	dym	dymy
genitive	dymu	dymów
dative	dymowi	dymom
accusative	dym	dymy
instrumental	dymem	dymami
locative	dymie	dymach
vocative	dymie	dymy

Synonyms

• (stir): See Thesaurus:zamieszanie.

Related terms

• dymić
• dymny
• dymowy

Further reading

• dym in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dym m (Cyrillic spelling дyм)

1. Obsolete spelling of dim.

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dūˀmas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdim/

Noun

dym m (genitive singular dymu, nominative plural dymy, genitive plural dymov, declension pattern of dub)

1. smoke

Declension

Declension of dym

	singular	plural
nominative	dym	dymy
genitive	dymu	dymov
dative	dymu	dymom
accusative	dym	dymy
locative	dyme	dymoch
instrumental	dymom	dymami

Further reading

• “dym”, 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

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dymъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Noun

dym

1. smoke