zun

See also: zūn, zǔn, and zùn

English

Noun

zun (plural zuns)

1. (nonstandard, British, dialect) sun
   • 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century:

     Zome woys avore the zun is down,

     So long’s the sky is clear;

   • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire:

     GOOD bwye ta thee Cot! whaur tha dâs o’ my childhood

     Glaw’d bright as tha zun in a mornin o’ mâ;

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Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• sun, sunn

Etymology

From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”). Cognate with German Sohn, Dutch zoon, English son, Icelandic sonur.

Noun

zun m (plural zünne)

1. (Sette Comuni) son

Declension

Declension of zun – 1st declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	dar	zun	de	zünne
accusative	an	in	zun	de	zünne
dative	aname	me	zuune	in	züun

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Friulian

Alternative forms

• ğun (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin jejūnus, from ieiūnus.

Adjective

zun

1. fasting
2. (figurative) lacking

Related terms

• dizun
• zunâ

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsuːn/, /tsʊn/

Contraction

zun (+ optional adjective(s) ending with -en + plural noun)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) to or for the (contraction of zu + den)

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Japanese

Romanization

zun

1. Rōmaji transcription of ずん

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Mandarin

Romanization

zun

1. Nonstandard spelling of zūn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zǔn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zùn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Old High German

Noun

zūn ?

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Descendants

• Middle High German: zūn
  • German: Zaun

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Noun

zun m

1. son

Noun

zun f

1. sun