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See also: syn., syn-, -syn, sýn, and

Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Senaya with n and y interchanged.

Symbol

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syn

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

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek συν- (sun-, with, together), having the same function as co- (synthesis, synoptic).

Adjective

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syn (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of synonym.

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Noun

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syn (plural syns)

  1. Abbreviation of synonym.

Etymology 3

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Clipping of synthetic.

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Adjective

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syn (comparative more syn, superlative most syn)

  1. Abbreviation of synthetic.

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Afrikaans

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Pronoun

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syn

  1. obsolete form of sy (his)

Particle

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syn

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

Czech

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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syn m anim

  1. son
    Coordinate term: dcera

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sýn, cognate to se.

Noun

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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!

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Declension of syn
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative syn synet syn synene
genitive syns synets syns synenes

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Noun

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syn

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

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

Kashubian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sy̑nъ.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈsin/
    • Rhymes: -in
    • Syllabification: syn

    Noun

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    syn m pers (diminutive synk or synulk, related adjective sënowsczi)

    1. son (male offspring)
      Coordinate term: córka
    2. son (familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person)

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    Declension of syn
    singular plural
    nominative syn sënowie
    genitive sëna sënów
    dative sënowi sënóm
    accusative sëna sënów
    instrumental sënã sënama
    locative sënie sënach
    vocative sënie/syn sënowie
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    Further reading

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    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “sin”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 193
    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “syn”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “syn”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
    • syn”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Lower Sorbian

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    Etymology

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

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    syn m anim (diminutive synk)

    1. son (male offspring)

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    References

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    • 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

    Middle English

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    syn

    1. alternative form of synne

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    syn

    1. alternative form of synnen

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse sýn.

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    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 syna beautiful sight
      komme til syne [old genitive form]come into sight
    3. a vision or hallucination
    4. a premonition
    5. a view (opinion)

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse sýn.

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    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
      Ser eg syner no eller er det berre eit vanleg spøkjelse?
      Do I see hallucinations now or is it just a usual ghost?
    5. a view (opinion)
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    Etymology 2

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    Verb

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    syn

    1. imperative of syna

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    Old Czech

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sy̑nъ.

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    Noun

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    syn m pers

    1. son (male offspring)
    2. son (male member of a group, especially a family community)
    3. (Christianity) Son

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    • Czech: syn

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    Old English

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    Verb

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    sȳn

    1. alternative form of sīen

    Old Polish

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sy̑nъ. First attested in the 14th century.

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      syn m pers (diminutive synek)

      1. (attested in Greater Poland) son (male offspring)
        • 1967 [1408], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kościańskie, volume III, number 364, Kościan:
          Jaco Jacub stawal trzi czloweki paney Ketliczskey y gey sinu
          [Jako Jakub stawiał trzy człowieki paniej Kietliczskiej i jej synu]
        • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa[3], page 765:
          Kupylem rolya od Ananytel, syna stryka mego (ab... filio patrui mei Jer 32, 9)
          [Kupiłem rolą od Anamehel, syna stryka mego (ab... filio patrui mei Jer 32, 9)]
        • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 52r:
          Filius eyn sune, filiosus filiolus idem szyn
          [Filius eyn sune, filiosus filiolus idem syn]
      2. (Christianity, attested in Lesser Poland) Son
        Synonyms: Syn dziewiczy, Syn Boży, jedyny Syn Boga wszechmogącego, Syn Człowieczy, Syn Nawyszszego
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 1, 8, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Slawa oczczu y sinowi (filio), y swøtemu duchu
          [Sława Oćcu i Synowi (filio), i Świętemu Duchu]
      3. (figuratively) son (someone that one views as a son)
        • 1874-1891 [End of the 15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[4], [5], [6], volume I, page XLIII:
          Kto syą rad w nych (sc. kłamnikach i szpilmanach) cocha, bąndzye myąl zoną gymyenyem wbosstwo, a thą zoną nassladuge syn (filius), gymenem nassmyewanye
          [Kto się rad w nich (sc. kłamnikach i szpilmanach) kocha, będzie miał żonę jimieniem ubostwo, a tę żonę naśladuje syn (filius), jimieniem naśmiewanie]
      4. (attested in Greater Poland) used in some curses
        • 1960 [1396], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty pyzdrskie, volume II, number 32, Pyzdry:
          Czso Spitek vczinil *Sencowy, to vczinil za yego poczathkem, isz mv layal kurwe maczerze sini
          [Cso Spytek uczynił Bieńkowi, to uczynił za jego początkiem, iż mu łajał kurwie macierze syny]
      5. (biblical, attested in Lesser Poland) son (male member of a community)
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 102, 17, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Prawda yego nad syny synowymy (in filios filiorum)
          [Prawda jego nad syny synowymi (in filios filiorum)]
      6. (attested in Lesser Poland) son (familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person)
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 33, 11, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Przydzicze, sinowe (filii), sluchaycze mne
          [Przydzicie, synowie (filii), słuchajcie mnie]
        • Middle of the 15th century, Kanon mszy św., Canon missae., volume V, Kraków, page 260:
          Opyekacz, zachowacz [raczy]... yednako, pospolicze sluga, szynem s twym, papyeszem (cum famulo tuo papa)
          [Opiekać, zachować [raczy]... jednako z slugą twym [papie]żem (cum famulo tuo papa), pospolicie z synem]
        • 1892 [1484], Hieronim Łopaciński, editor, Reguła trzeciego zakonu św. Franciszka i drobniejsze zabytki języka polskiego z końca w. XV i początku XVI[7], Krakow, page 704:
          Nikolay, papyez..., mylym synom... zakonu pokuthuyączego... apostolschkye przezegnanye
          [Nikołaj, papież..., miłym synom... zakonu pokutującego... apostolskie przeżegnanie]

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      References

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      • Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “syn”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
      • Mańczak, Witold (2017), “syn”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
      • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “syn”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
      • Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “syn”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

      Old Slovak

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sy̑nъ.

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      syn m pers

      1. son (male offspring)
      2. son (male member of some community)
      3. son (familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person)

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      • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “syn”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

      Old Swedish

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      Etymology

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

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      sȳn f

      1. sight, ability to see
      2. appearance

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      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

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      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Polish syn.

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        • Rhymes: -ɘn
        • Syllabification: syn

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        syn m pers (diminutive synek, related adjective synowski)

        1. son (male offspring)
          Coordinate term: córka
        2. son (familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person)
        3. (literary) son (member of a community)

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        According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), syn is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 5 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 4 times in essays, 41 times in fiction, and 36 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 95 times, making it the 668th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

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        1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “syn”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 572

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        Silesian

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        Silesian Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia szl

        Etymology

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          Inherited from Old Polish syn.

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          syn m pers (diminutive synek, related adjective synowy)

          1. son (male offspring)
            Coordinate term: cera

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          Declension of syn
          singular plural
          nominative syn synowie
          genitive syna synōw
          dative synowi synōm
          accusative syna synōw
          instrumental synym synami/synōma
          locative synu synach
          vocative synu synowie
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          Further reading

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          • syn in silling.org

          Slovak

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          Etymology

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          Inherited from Old Slovak syn, from Proto-Slavic *synъ.

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          syn m pers (relational adjective synovský, diminutive synček or synáčik)

          1. son (male offspring)
            Coordinate term: dcéra

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          Declension of syn
          (pattern chlap)
          singularplural
          nominativesynsynovia
          genitivesynasynov
          dativesynovi,
          synu
          synom
          accusativesynasynov
          vocativesynu,
          syn
          synovia
          locativesynovi,
          synu
          synoch
          instrumentalsynomsynmi

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          Further reading

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          • 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, 2003–2026

          Slovincian

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          Etymology

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            Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sy̑nъ.

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            • IPA(key): /ˈsɪn/
            • Rhymes: -ɪn
            • Syllabification: syn

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            syn m pers

            1. son (male offspring)

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            Swedish

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            Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
            Wikipedia sv

            Etymology

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

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            syn c

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

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            Upper Sorbian

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            Etymology

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

            Noun

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            syn m pers

            1. son (male offspring)

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            This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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            • syn” in Soblex

            Welsh

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            Etymology

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            Back-formation from synnu (to surprise).

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            syn (feminine singular syn, plural synion, equative syned, comparative synach, superlative synaf, not mutable)

            1. astonished, astounded
            2. dazed, stunned
            3. aghast, frightened
            4. amazing, astonishing
              Synonyms: syndodol, syfrdanol

            References

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            • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “syn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

            West Frisian

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            Etymology

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

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            syn

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

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            West Frisian personal pronouns and possessives
            personal possessive
            subject case object case determiner pronoun
            normal reflexive
            singular 1st ik my mysels myn mines
            2nd informal do, 1 dy dysels dyn dines
            formal jo jo josels jo jowes
            3rd m hy him himsels syn sines
            f sy, hja1 har harsels har harres
            n it it himsels syn sines
            plural 1st wy ús ússels ús uzes
            2nd jim(me) jim(me) jimsels, jinsels jim(me) jimmes
            3rd sy, hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres

            1 Now mostly archaic and unused.

            Further reading

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