syn
English
Etymology
From Greek syn-, with, together, having same function as co-, (synthesis, synoptic)
Coordinate terms
- (chemistry): anti
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪn/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn
Declension
Antonyms
Further reading
Danish
Noun
syn
- vision, faculty of sight
- Hun har nedsat syn på det højre øje.
- She has reduced vision in the right eye.
- 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!
- De havde et ganske andet syn på sandsynlighedsfeltsbegrebet.
Declension
Derived terms
Noun
syn
- vision (mystical event)
- Shamanen påstår at have fået et syn.
- The shaman claims to have received a vision.
- Shamanen påstår at have fået et syn.
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɨn/
Declension
Derived terms
- synašk
References
- syn in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
- syn in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn or syner, definite plural syna or synene) (genitive form syne)
- sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
- a sight
- et vakkert syn - a beautiful sight
- komme til syne (old genitive form) - come into sight
- a vision or hallucination
- a premonition
- a view (opinion)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syːn/
Noun
syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn, definite plural syna)
syn f (definite singular syna, indefinite plural syner, definite plural synene)
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɨn/
audio (file)
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sin/
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
syn m (genitive singular syna, nominative plural synovia, genitive plural synov, declension pattern of chlap)
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish sȳn, from Old Norse sýn, sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sin/
Determiner
syn
See also
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) | jimmes | jimsels/jinsels | jim(me) | ||
Third | sy/hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | ||
1. Now mostly archaic and unused |
Further reading
- “syn”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011