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-yn

-yn

See also: yn, YN, yN, yn-, and ŷn

Danish

Suffix

-yn

  1. (organic chemistry) -yne

Dutch

Suffix

-yn

  1. (organic chemistry) -yne

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Dutch_words_suffixed_with_-yn'>Dutch words suffixed with -yn</a>

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Finnish

Suffix

-yn

  1. Suffix variant for the illative singular, see -Vn.

Manx

Etymology 1

Cognate to Irish -anna, Scottish Gaelic -an.

Suffix

-yn

  1. Pluralisation suffix, similar to English -s

Etymology 2

Suffix

-yn

  1. -self (emphatic)
Related terms

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *-ïnn.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɨn/

Suffix

-yn m ‎(feminine -en)

  1. Used to form masculine singulative forms of certain words
    plant ‎(“children”) → plentyn ‎(“child”)
  2. Used to form masculine diminutive forms of certain words
    bachgen ‎(“boy”) → bachgenyn ‎(“little boy”)

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Welsh_words_suffixed_with_-yn'>Welsh words suffixed with -yn</a>

References

  1. ↑
    • Peter Schrijver, Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1995, page 260

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