myn
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Respelling of men based on womyn, which was itself respelled so as to be spelled differently from men.
Noun[edit]
myn pl (plural only)
- (very rare, chiefly humorous) Alternative spelling of men (plural of man)
- 1994, John Leo, Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police →ISBN, page 41:
- Old Yeller — Senior animal companion of color.
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — One of the monocultural oppressed womyn confronts the vertically challenged.
- Men at Arms — The myn are at it again.
- 2000 April, Out, volume 8, number 10, page 54:
- […] the 12th Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival is here. (Once again, myn are strictly forbidden.) The weekend-long event holds the promise of craft markets, acoustic folk sing-alongs, and Southern-food potlucks.
- 2005, Lisa Lees, Fragments of Gender →ISBN, page 30:
- I do not expect to be included in all 'womyn space' (nor, truth be told, do I wish to be). But if the choice is between womyn space and myn space, I sure as heck do not belong in the latter.
- 1994, John Leo, Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police →ISBN, page 41:
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch mijn, from Middle Dutch mine, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *mēnis (“ore, metal”). Some senses were borrowed in Dutch from French mine (“explosive device”) and Middle French mine (“tunnel for sapping”).
Noun[edit]
myn (plural myne, diminutive myntjie)
- mine (place or tunnel for the excavation of mineral resources)
- mine (hidden device that explodes when triggered)
- mine (tunnel used for sapping enemy defence works or lines)
Derived terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Determiner[edit]
myn (subjective pronoun I)
- Alternative form of min
Pronoun[edit]
myn (subjective I)
- Alternative form of min
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /mɨn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /mɪn/
Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate with Cornish mynn, Irish meonnán, Scottish Gaelic meann and Manx mannan.
Noun[edit]
myn f (plural mynnau or mynnod)
Usage notes[edit]
The word myn is usually found in the combination myn gafr rather than being used as a standalone word.
Derived terms[edit]
- myn gafr (“kid, young goat”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from mwyn.
Preposition[edit]
myn
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “myn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
myn
- my (first-person singular possessive determiner)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
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[edit]
- “myn (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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